June 7, 2007...3:30 pm
Convergent Friends Introduction and Other Downloadable Resources
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I’ve updated our resource page and our box.net widget (in the right sidebar) both contain links to downloadable resources for Convergent Friends stuff.
The one I am most excited about is Rachel Stacy’s fresh-off-the-press “Convergent Friends: An Introduction.” She offers some history, some theology and brings up some possible challenges to the cF conversation. She’s done a fantastic job, and included in it is a bibliography mainly of web-links for further reading.
Also - if you consider, or call yourself a convergent Friend and would like to be added to the blogroll here please leave a comment below so we can add you.
For a listing of resources you can visit box.net directly or check out the widget to the right.
10 Comments
June 7, 2007 at 4:03 pm
[...] She decided to do the final research project on convergent Friends and has produced a great introduction. It’s a very useful way to find out a little of the history, some of the theological and [...]
June 9, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Sign me up as a convergent Friend. My views are pretty clearly stated on my blog.
June 10, 2007 at 12:27 am
I hearby declare myself a Convergent Friend! A topic I touch on in a recent blog post . . . Be brave, creative and loving, Friends!
Ben
June 10, 2007 at 6:59 am
Thanks guys, I’ve added you. And I laughed outloud at your comment Ben!
July 18, 2007 at 10:03 pm
This resource page was great help when I was preparing a handout for Friends at the FGC Gathering a few weeks ago. Thanks!
Robin
October 9, 2007 at 3:56 am
I have to admit that I’d heard offhand of Convergent Friends sometime in the past but didn’t know until researching it today what it’s all about. By what I’ve learned today I consider myself a Convergent Friend, and would say I have been since I began attending Quaker meeting several years ago. I recall that when I was reading about Quaker history and the different divisions among Friends several years ago I came across a discussion of Conservative Friends and thinking “That really sounds like what I believe; too bad it appears that they seem to be a small minority of Friends and none are around here.” I’m less clear at present about the “Emergent Church” part of “Convergent,” despite reading the lengthy Wikipedia article on the subject. One thing that did catch my eye and intrigued me, though, is the postmodern epistemology aspect of the Emergent Church, which according to the Wikipedia article shies away from claims of certainty. In my post “Why be a Quaker?” on my new blog at leftlibertarianquaker.blogspot.com, I explained that a large factor in my turning towards Quakerism was that while I think we can KNOW that God exists by an immediate natural apperception of the intellect, I am necessarily less certain about the propositions of Christian faith. I am strongly persuaded of and “believe” the central propositions of the Christian faith (by a preponderance of the historical evidence and the apparent beauty and truth of Jesus’ life and teachings, etc.), but I resist the notion that salvation depends both upon believing those propositions to be true and the truth of those propositions. I wonder what a Conservative Friend would say about that way of looking at Christian faith.
I’d be very glad to be added to the blogroll if you’d like to add my blog.
October 10, 2007 at 12:31 am
Hey John, thanks for the comment. I’ve added you to the blogroll.
October 10, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Thanks Wess. I appreciate it.
November 18, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Sign me up! When (one of?) the Quaker Frappr maps first showed up, I put myself on it, and chose the “Convergent” label before I knew there was a group around it — because I didn’t feel adequately described by the other categories available.
November 18, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Thanks Frederick - I’ve add you to the list!
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