Author

Dave Votaw

Date of Award

5-1997

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MATS)

Department

Seminary

First Advisor

Howard Macy

Abstract

Contents

Origins of the Project

Why Teach Friends Distinctives?

Review of the Literature

Testimonies, by Ben Richmond (FUM)

A Family of Friends, by Jack Willcuts (NWYM)

Quakerism 101, by Shirley Dodson (FGC)

Friends Way, by Richard Jones (FUM)

Declaring Our Faith, Brian Daniels, ed. (FUM) Let's Be Friends, Dorothy Barratt, ed. (EFI)

Format of the Lessons

How to Be a Quaker in the 21st Century

Lesson 1 - A Testimony as a Communication of Truth

Lesson 2 - The Presence of Christ

Lesson 3 - The Presence of Christ in Worship

Lesson 4 - A Sacramental View of Life

Lesson 5 - The Presence of Christ in Meeting for Business

Lesson 6 - A Life of Integrity

Lesson 7 - Equality in Christ

Lesson 8 - The Focused Life

Lesson 9 - Becoming Peacemakers

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