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WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

"Like traditional Friends, nontheist Friends are actively interested in realizing centered peace, simplicity, integrity, community, equality, love, joy, and social justice in the Society of Friends and beyond" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheist_Friend), particularly love and happiness.

Select Blogs

MacLeod, Scott. 2010. Nontheist Friend Blog Entries. http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/nontheist%20friends.

Select Book Reviews

Fager, Chuck. 2010. Quaker Theology #13 Winter 2007 - Godless For God’s Sake: Nontheism In Contemporary Quakerism ... Reviewed by Chuck Fager. quest.quaker.org/Issue13

Select Books

Boulton, David (ed.). 2006. Godless for God's Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism. Dent, UK: Dales Historical Monographs. ISBN 0951157868.

Select Libraries

(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Programs, Applications, Software

Attend unprogrammed Quaker Meeting here on Sea Turtle Island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sea%20Turtle%20Island/197/17/27

Select References

AFSC Board of Directors. 1994. AFSC Mission Statement. June 19. (afsc.org/mission-and-values). Philadelphia, PA: American Friends' Service Committee.

Cresson, Os. 2007. Roots and Flowers of Quaker Nontheism. NontheistFriends.org. Jan 23. Accessed online: Dec 30, 2008. http://nontheistfriends.org.

Durham, Geoffrey. (ed.). (in Press - Oct. 25, 2010). The Spirit of the Quakers. (Contains a nontheistic Friends' perspective by Robin Alpern). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

A nontheist Friends' email list correspondence exists from at least 2006. Please join the NTF Google Group by subcribing at this address - nontheist-friends@googlegroups.com - to access it.

Peters, Matt and respondents. 2010. Non-theist Quakers?. December 8. Annapolis, MD: Think Atheist.

Riemermann, James. 2006. What is a Nontheist? Sep 20. Accessed online: July 17, 2007. http://nontheistfriends.org.

Atran, Scott. 2004. In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution and Cognition Series). Oxford. ISBN 0195178033

Cresson, Os. 2007. Roots and Flowers of Quaker Nontheism. NontheistFriends.org. Jan 23. Accessed online: Dec 30, 2008. http://nontheistfriends.org.

Crom, Scott. 1972. "The Trusting Agnostic." Quaker Religious Thought. Vol. 14(2): 1–39. Includes two carefully thought out replies and Crom's response.

Dawkins, Richard. 2002. An Atheist's Call to Arms. Accessed online video: July 17, 2007. Monterey, CA: Ted Talks.

Dennett, Daniel. 2006. A Secular, Scientific Rebuttal to Pastor Rick Warren. Accessed online video: July 17, 2007. Monterey, CA: Ted Talks.

Durham, Geoffrey. (ed.). (in Press – Sep 2010). The Spirit of the Quakers. (Contains a nontheistic Friends' perspective by Alpern, Robin). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Foucault, Michel. 2002. "Course Summary" in 'The Care of the Self.' The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the College de France 1981—1982. Picador.

Jackson, Kenneth T. 2007. A Colony with a Conscience: This republic owes its enduring strength to a fragile, scorched and little-known document known as the Flushing Remonstrance. Dec. 27, 2007. Accessed online: December 27, 2007. New York: New York Times online.

Riemermann, James. 2006. What is a Nontheist? Sep 20. Accessed online: July 17, 2007. http://nontheistfriends.org.

Russell, Bertrand (E. Haldeman-Julius, ed.). 1927. On Why I Am Not a Christian: An Examination of the God-Idea and Christianity. Accessed online: July 17, 2007. Little Blue Book No. 1372.

Williams, Jonathan. 1975. My Quaker-atheist friend (who has come to this meeting-house since 1913) smokes & looks out over the Rawthey to Holme Fell. Larry and Ruby Wallrich Publishing. ASIN: B0007AHBQO

Allott, Stephen. 1989. Quaker Agnosticism. The Friends Quarterly, 25(6): 252-258

Allott, Stephen. 1994. Is God Objective Fact? The Friends Quarterly, 28(4): 158-166

Alpern, Robin. 1997. Why Not Join the Unitarians? Universalist Friends, (28): 23-28. Also at http://www.universalistfriends.org/alpern.html

Amoss, Jr., George. 1999. The Making of a Quaker Atheist. Quaker Theology 1: 55-62. Online at http://www.quaker.org/ quest/issue1-4.html Also see James and Amoss (2000), below.

Boulton, David. 1996. A Reasonable Faith: Introducing the Sea of Faith Newtwork. Loughborough, England: Sea of Faith Network. Also at http://www.sofn.org.uk/sof/reasonable_faith.html

Boulton, David. 1997. The Faith of a Quaker Humanist (Pamphlet #26). London: Quaker Universalist Group

Boulton, David. 1999. Gerard Winstanley and the Republic of Heaven. Dent UK: Dales Historical Monographs

Boulton, David. 2002. Real Like the Daisies or Real Like I Love You?: Essays in radical Quakerism. Torquay, Devon, England: Quaker Universalist Group with Dales Historical Monographs

Boulton, David. 2002. Facing Up To Diversity. The Friend, 2002

Boulton, David. 2005. The Trouble with God: Building the Republic of Heaven. Ropley, Hampshire, England: John Hunt Publishing

Britton, David. 2010. Knowing Experimentally. Friends Journal, October, 56(10), 5

Cadbury, Henry J. 1936/2000. My Personal Religion. Universalist Friends, (35) Fall-Winter: 22-31, with corrections in (36): 18 Online at www.universalistfriends.org/UF035.html

Cadbury, Henry J. 1966. Quakerism and/or Christianity. Friends Bulletin, 35(4), 1-10

Cresson, Osborn. 2003. Quaker in a Material World. Quaker Theology 5(1), Spring-Summer, 23-54. Also at http://quest.quaker.org/issue-8-cresson-01.htm, or www.nontheistfriends.org

Cresson, Osborn. 2006. Quakers from the Viewpoint of a Naturalist. Friends Journal, 52(3) March, 18-20

Cresson, Osborn. 2009. On Quaker Unity. Friends Journal, July, 55(7): 5; also in “Notes on Quaker Unity,” expanded version online at www.nontheistfriends.org

Cresson, Osborn. 2010. Roots and Flowers of Quaker Nontheism. Unpublished manuscript, online at www.nontheistfriends.org Drake, David E. (2003). Confessions of a Nontheistic Friend, Friends Journal, 49(6): 18-20

Fager, Chuck (2007). Review of Godless for God’s Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism. Quaker Theology, vol. 13, online at http://www.quaker.org/quest/Issue13-7.htm

Holmes, Jesse (1928/1992). To the Scientifically-Minded. Friends Intelligencer, 85(6): 103-104; reprinted in Friends Journal, (1992) 38(6): 22-23. Short version online at http://media.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_2000_03.pdf

Holmes, Jesse (2003). ‘Our Christianity’? Universalist Friends, 39 (Fall & Winter, 2003): 15-22

James, Edward and George Amoss Jr. (2000). An Exchange: Quaker Theology Without God? Quaker Theology, Issue #2, 2 (1), spring 2000. Also at http://www.quaker.org/ quest/issue2-6.html

Johnson, Eric (1991a). Why I Am an Atheist. Friends Journal, 37(1): 17; also in Quaker Universalist Fellowship (1991), Variations on the Quaker Message (Pamphlet #201). Landenberg, Pennsylvania: (author)

Johnson, Eric (1991b). Atheism and Friends (letter to the editor). Friends Journal 37(5): 6

Linton, John (1979/1986). Quakerism as Forerunner. Friends Journal, 25(17): 4-9; reprinted as Quakerism as Forerunner (Pamphlet #1) (1979). London: Quaker Universalist Group; also reprinted in Quaker

Universalist Fellowship (1991), The Quaker Universalist Reader Number 1: A Collection of Essays, Addresses and Lectures. Landenberg, Pennsylvania: (author)

Loukes, Harold & H. J. Blackham (1969). Humanists and Quakers: An Exchange of Letters. London: Friends Home Service Committee Manoussos, Anthony (2008). Is It Time to Lay Down God? (editorial and replies), Western Friend.

Miles, Thomas R. (1998). Speaking of God: Theism, Atheism and the Magnus Image. York, England: William Sessions Ltd. Morgan, Arthur (1954/1998). Should Quakers Receive the Good Samaritan Into Their Membership? (QUF Pamphlet). Landenberg, Penna.: Quaker Universalist Fellowship

Rush, David (2002). They Too Are Quakers: A Survey of 199 Nontheist Friends. The Woodbrooke Journal, 11, Winter 2002. Also at http://www.universalistfriends.org

Seeger, Daniel A. (2010). Why Do the Unbelievers Rage? The New Atheists and the Universality of the Light, Friends Journal, (56) January: 6-11

Swayne, Kingdon (1980). Confession of a Post-Christian Agnostic. Friends Journal, 26(3): 6-9. Also in Quaker Universalist Fellowship (1990), Variations on the Quaker Message. Landenberg, PA: (author)

Workshop for Non-Theistic Friends (1976). Report From The Workshop for Non-Theistic Friends. Unpublished report, Friends General Conference Gathering at Ithaca NY, June 26-July 3, 1976

Select Video and Audio

Boulton, David and Chuck Fager. 2010. The Theist-Nontheist Conversational Smackdown of 2008. (Posted by Zach Alexander on Jul 17 2008). nontheistfriends.org/page/2/

Select Websites

Nontheist Friends' Web Site. 2010. http://www.nontheistfriends.org Nontheistfriends.org.

Select Wikis

Nontheist Friend. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheist_Friend. Wikipedia.

World University and School Links

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Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)

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WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Counseling

Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling

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