The pilgrimage paradox

Rowena Loverance goes in search of religious sites and looks at the merits of two recent books

by Rowena Loverance 24th February 2012

‘To kneel where prayer has been valid.’ This line from TS Eliot’s ‘Little Gidding’, quoted in the preface of Arthur Kincaid’s new book The Cradle of Quakerism, sums up the paradox that Quakers have to surmount when deciding how to commemorate and celebrate their roots. For prayer can be valid at any time and in any place.