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From Christian to Quaker
A spiritual journey from evangelical Christian to universalist Quaker
282 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2013
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June 24, 2023
Tony Philpott has an aversion to the word 'God'. Me too. Reluctant weekly church attendance to
recite fawning old hymns isn't everyone's cup of tea. But if it is, OAPs in church halls across Scotland serve a newborn king's ransom of tea and biscuits. I love biscuits, and community, not so much a minister's moral high ground, citing translations across 2000 years on the latest hot-button community issue.
Pulled through such a system or even in its orbit, it's easy to resent what the author calls 'blind faith'. For the longest time, I internally raged at any and all religious sentiments. I built a 'Blind faithlessness'.
I rolled my eyes at the incredible minds that have lost themselves in the deep study of Theology; I am, however, now
impressed and deeply thankful for this particular achievement of a lifetime of study in living virtuously.
Philpott is an appealing navigator on a journey through religious and philosophical thought. If it wasn't for such an honest and reflective guide, I might have yet to encounter the influential citations and summaries from within a breadth of diverse bibliographic authorities in Christianity, humanism, nontheism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Such a globally inclusive view is incredibly refreshing. Still moreover, the citations and summaries are considered closely beside philosophers such as Albert Camus & Bertrand Russell and Christopher Hitchens.
This book deserves a wider audience than it may ever receive. Now equipped with the language, as a 'nontheist', I will continue to return to this Phillpott's writing as a starting point for my own musing throughout my life.
recite fawning old hymns isn't everyone's cup of tea. But if it is, OAPs in church halls across Scotland serve a newborn king's ransom of tea and biscuits. I love biscuits, and community, not so much a minister's moral high ground, citing translations across 2000 years on the latest hot-button community issue.
Pulled through such a system or even in its orbit, it's easy to resent what the author calls 'blind faith'. For the longest time, I internally raged at any and all religious sentiments. I built a 'Blind faithlessness'.
I rolled my eyes at the incredible minds that have lost themselves in the deep study of Theology; I am, however, now
impressed and deeply thankful for this particular achievement of a lifetime of study in living virtuously.
Philpott is an appealing navigator on a journey through religious and philosophical thought. If it wasn't for such an honest and reflective guide, I might have yet to encounter the influential citations and summaries from within a breadth of diverse bibliographic authorities in Christianity, humanism, nontheism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Such a globally inclusive view is incredibly refreshing. Still moreover, the citations and summaries are considered closely beside philosophers such as Albert Camus & Bertrand Russell and Christopher Hitchens.
This book deserves a wider audience than it may ever receive. Now equipped with the language, as a 'nontheist', I will continue to return to this Phillpott's writing as a starting point for my own musing throughout my life.
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