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Rhiannon Grant

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Rhiannon Grant lives in Birmingham, UK. She writes on Quaker studies, theology, religious language, feminism, queer theory, and multiple religious belonging, as well as poetry, blog posts, and LGBTQ+ historical fiction. Her hobbies include visiting stone circles, megalithic tombs, holy wells, ancient churches, old trees, gardening, reading books and maps, social media, and going out for dinner with her wife. She works for Woodbrooke where she teaches short courses on Quaker theology and practices. Through the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies, she also works with the University of Birmingham as Honorary Lecturer in Modern Quaker Thought.

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	Telling the Truth about God: Quaker Approaches to Theology 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Boat and Shore 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quaker Quicks - Hearing the Light: The Core Of Quaker Theology 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carving a New Shape: lesbian love in Neolithic Orkney 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Hospitality: Reflections on Welcome to the Quaker Community (Pendle Hill Pamphlets Book 487) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: what, when, how, and why it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quaker World by C. Wess Daniels (Goodreads Author) (editor), Rhiannon Grant (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	British Quakers and Religious Language (Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories, #3)

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An Accidental History of Tudor England: From Daily Life to Sudden Death

by Steven Gunn

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frank: sonnets

by Diane Seuss

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