Two excellent articles on May 12, arguing almost exactly opposite cases, and both (to me) almost equally persuasive. First, the Optimist: Greg Sargent in the Washington Post: “Trump is badly botching the virus. New polls show Americans know it: In what should be seen as a rebuke of President Trump, Anthony S. Fauci will tell … Continue reading Point/Counterpoint: The Country Is Holding Together/ Oh, No It Isn’t
Quaker Theology has published an occasional series of what we call “Narrative Theologies” essays: personal accounts of Friends’ religious pilgrimages, into (and sometimes, out of) the Society of Friends. These reflect, but are not tied to theological currents which regard, for instance, the Bible as a collection of stories rather than any kind of formal … Continue reading The Church, The Draft-Board & Me – Narrative Theology by George Amoss Jr.
Guest Post by Mark D. Schwartz [NOTE: Submitted as a comment, I thought this piece merited wider discussion. The views expressed here are his own, but I welcome their articulation.] We’re Used to Politicians Stealing from Us. Now They are Killing Us: So, Where is the Outrage of the 1960s? Starting college in the early … Continue reading Politicians Just used to Steal from Us. Now They’re Killing Us Too
The eleven authors in the new book, “Passing the Torch” were invited to draw on their several centuries of living and Quaker experience to offer “Advices,” informal counsel for readers. A few made lists. Others wove such insights into their texts. Others left this part of the work implicit. Here are some selections from these … Continue reading Some “Advices” for Quakers & Others from “Passing the Torch”
Souperist practices, reported at the time, included serving meat soups on Fridays – which Catholics were forbidden by their faith from consuming, and by the fact that they could not afford meat in the first place.
Soupers were frequently ostracised by their own community, and were strongly denounced from the pulpit by the Catholic priesthood. On occasion, soupers had to be protected by British soldiers from other Catholics.