Quaker Witness as Sacrament

by Daniel O. Snyder

Overview

What happens when we understand prayer as a kind of "inward activism" and political witness to Friends' testimonies as a kind of "outward prayer?" Dan Snyder has spent his adult years wrestling with the apparent dichotomy between the pulls of an inward call to a spiritual life of contemplation and an outward call to respond to the problems of the world. He has concluded that rather than competing with each other, these two calls are parts of a single whole that must be joined if he is to be faithful to either. How is this done? The author offers his own insights and the shared discoveries that have emerged from exploring these questions with students over a series of terms at Pendle Hill.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158587078
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	07/10/2017
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #397
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	117 KB

About the Author

Daniel O. Snyder holds masters degrees from Earlham School of Religion and Boston University School of Theology, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He has a private practice in pastoral psychotherapy in Black Mountain, NC, where he is also a consultant and occasional teacher for the Common Light Meetingplace, a Quaker-based initiative in education and support for spiritual growth and social change. He is a member of the Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting, where he currently serves as clerk.