Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings Book

...a little dry at times, but Steere has assembled a great collection of Quaker writings. Included are selections from the journals of George Fox and John Woolman, Thomas Kelly's Testament of Devotion, and the works of Caroline Stephen and Rufus Jones. Steere provides an insightful introduction to this work, in which he covers the historical development of Quakerism through the charisma and vision of George Fox, and beyond. In the process, Steere lays out some of the important themes which arise in the selected writings, such as the difficulties of the discerning process of divine will and human will'of divine guidance. He understands this is so little understood outside of the Society of Friends, and spends some time elucidating it. This is an important theme as it relates to the divine leadings which have culminated in, for example, John Woolman's organizing efforts as an early abolitionist.