QUAKERS AND MYSTICISM: comparative and syncretic approaches to spirituality

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
 Introduction: Quaker Engagements with Mysticism  (Jon R. Kershner)....Pages 1-22
 “Meeting”: The Mystical Legacy of George Fox  (Michael Birkel, Marie Vandenbark)....Pages 23-42
 James Nayler and Jacob Boehme’s The Way to Christ  (Carole Dale Spencer)....Pages 43-61
 How Ecology and Economics Brought Winstanley and Nitobe to Quakerism  (Stephanie Midori Komashin)....Pages 63-83
 Robert Barclay and Kabbalah  (Michael Birkel)....Pages 85-99
 Elizabeth Ashbridge and Spiritual Autobiography: The Old Awakened in the New  (Michele Lise Tarter)....Pages 101-119
 John Woolman’s Christological Model of Discernment  (Jon R. Kershner)....Pages 121-140
 Hannah Whitall Smith’s Highway of Holiness  (Carole Dale Spencer)....Pages 141-159
 The Unifying Light of Allah: Ibn Tufayl and Rufus Jones in Dialogue  (Christy Randazzo, David Russell)....Pages 161-180
 Howard Thurman (1899–1981): Universalist Approaches to Buddhism and Quakerism  (Stephen W. Angell)....Pages 181-199
 The Singing Mysticism: Kenyan Quakerism, the Case of Gideon W. H. Mweresa  (Esther Mombo)....Pages 201-219
 Liberal Quakers and Buddhism  (Sallie B. King)....Pages 221-239
 Conclusion  (Thomas Cattoi)....Pages 241-248
Back Matter ....Pages 249-255