Restless Hearts: George Fox and Augustine of Hippo

Autor: Michael Birkel
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Quaker Studies. 22:197-208
ISSN: 2397-1770
1363-013X
DOI: 10.3828/quaker.2017.22.2.4
Popis: John Punshon once proposed that someone should undertake a comparison of early Quaker George Fox with ancient North African bishop Augustine of Hippo. Despite considerable differences between the two, a close look at turning points in their religious autobiographies shows common themes, particularly a Johannine sense of interiority and divine love. These turning points operated differently in their lives: for George Fox, it enabled him to embrace others whose unrighteousness had repulsed him, while, for Augustine, it enabled him to relax his terrified grip on those whom he loved.
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