Imagination & Spirit: A Contemporary Quaker Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0944350615
- ISBN-13
- 9780944350614
- Category
- Religion / Christianity / Quaker
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Friends United Press
- Author
- J. Brent Bill
Description
"From essays about the Quaker Christian experience and the ômystery at the core of all beingö to a murder mystery by Irene Allen, this collection presents some of the best of contemporary Quaker nonfiction and fiction writing, with a brief biography of each author. Among these popular 20th- and 21st-century writers are names familiar to readers of mainstream Christianity, including Thomas Kelly, Jessamyn West, James Michener, Daisy Newman, Jan de Hartog, and Scott Russell Sanders. These adept essays and works of fiction reflect the true scope of spiritual experience, offering essays and fiction that range from tender, thought-provoking, and challenging to humorous, dramatic, and mysterious."
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