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Website title: Jolly Quaker – Useful theology from a Quaker-shaped Christian

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This February, fellow Quaker theologian Ben Wood and I are leading a five-week online course, journeying through Christian mysticism. We’ll be reflecting on the ‘negative theology’ of Pseudo-Dionysius, the homoerotic mysticism of Symeon the New Theologian, Simone Weil’s mysticism of surrender, the active mysticism of Howard Thurman, and the visions of Julian of Norwich. As…


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Another year of writing, speaking and teaching has come to an end, and I want to thank you for engaging with my work. Whether you’ve participated in one of my Woodbrooke courses, listened to me presenting Pause for Thought on the radio, or read one of my blog posts, I’m truly grateful for your time and attention. My theological work is my ministry, it’s what truly fulfils me, so...


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Why might Quaker meeting for worship be like searching for mushrooms? Find out in my latest Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m7gfv1


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I’m pleased to report that my review of Zachary Moon’s book Goatwalking: A Quaker Pastoral Theology (Brill, 2021) has been published in the latest issue of Quaker Studies. You can read it here: https://quakerstudies.openlibhums.org/article/id/24976/


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Quakers have always called each other ‘Friends,’ but what does this mean? Is ‘Friend’ just a quaint hangover from our past, or could it be a site of rich theological reflection? Emerging from my PhD research on Quaker theology and Whiteness, I’ve developed an online course for Woodbrooke reflecting on what it might mean for…


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