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The Zen of Quakerism (2016)

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bovermyer ◴[] No.44446675[source]
That's an interesting parallel. I'll admit, I know almost nothing about Quakers and Quakerism.
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giraffe_lady ◴[] No.44447174[source]
They're historically very interesting but you have to be careful about what you understand about contemporary quakers based on reading on the internet. Their traditions & cultural impact are attractive to a lot of people, who then write about it.

But quakerism as a living religion is extremely small and quite diverse for its tiny size, and groups practicing the traditional silent worship are a small minority even within that. The majority of living quakers experience a religion much closer to the main stream of evangelical christianity than you will expect from reading about it online. IIRC something like half of quakers are african.

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1. JKCalhoun ◴[] No.44447256[source]
My experience in the U.S. has only been of the silent worship variety.