The Prophetic Faith from Moses to Martin
Mar 11-15, 2018
$400/private room; $300/shared room; $200/commuter.
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NB: We are grateful for support from the Bible Association of Friends in America.
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The prophets of ancient Israel raised an alarm among their people when they saw their society becoming more militarized, exploitative, unequal, and immoral. Chanting, singing, and writing, they called leaders and people back to the equity and equilibrium of covenant relationship with God. We will end with John Meyer leading us in considering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a modern-day prophet.
In each case, we will seek to understand the spiritual formation that undergirds the radical social witness of prophets, ancient and modern. This clarity can aid us in finding our own prophetic voices amid a militarized, exploitative, unequal, and immoral society.
We will listen to a variety of prophetic texts. But in order to appreciate their meaning, considerable context-setting will be required. So part of sessions will be devoted to presentation. Bibles will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their preferred translation.
Leader(s)
Doug Gwyn is a minister and author among Friends. His “biography” of Pendle Hill, Personality and Place: The Life and Times of Pendle Hill, was published in 2014. Formerly the Quaker Studies teacher at Pendle Hill, a well-traveled Friend, Doug has worked for the American Friends Service Committee, served among Friends as a pastor, and taught at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, England, as well as at Pendle Hill. Doug is a student of the Bible and of early Quakerism. His most recent works are The Anti-War: Militant Peacemaking in the Manner of Friends (2016) and The Call to Radical Faithfulness: Covenant in Quaker Experience (2017).
As Pendle Hill’s Communications and Outreach Coordinator, John Meyer organizes and supports workshops, conferences, short courses, and lectures, as well as occasionally leading workshops and retreats.