Kindlers book launch
Three books were discussed on Saturday
The Kindlers packed out their special interest group as they promoted three new publications on Saturday: Early Quaker Women by Elaine Hobby, Quakers and Christ Today by Doug Gwyn and Questioning the Peace Testimony by John Lampen.
Alec Davison introduced the session and John Lampen shared some illuminating and fascinating insights into his work. He talked of some of the areas of difficulty he had experienced with the Peace Testimony and that he had addressed in his book.
He reminded Friends that every long journey begins with one step and, while it is valuable to consider how we might test our Peace Testimony against a hypothetical international crisis or life or death dilemma, it was helpful to ask: how would you deal with a noisy neighbour?
Thomas Swain reflected on some of the themes he discerned in Doug Gwyn’s work and on the way Quakers use language. He referred to the ‘living spring’ that, for him, was at the centre of talking about Jesus and how we think about Christ.
