Helen Holt holds PhDs in plasma physics (University of St Andrews, 1992) and Quaker studies (University of Edinburgh, 2019). She is an independent scholar interested in Quaker approaches to science in the 20th century.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 A Quaker Life from Quaker Roots1 Quakerism and Rufus Jones2 A Quaker Education3 Conclusion2 Encounters with Modern Thought1 The Manchester Conference2 The Influence of Psychology3 Lessons from Harvard: Philosophical Idealism and the Social Gospel4 Conclusion3 God: Integrating Quakerism and Modern Thought1 The Character of God2 The Transcendence and Immanence of God3 Knowing God and Proving That God Exists4 Conclusion4 Human Nature: Integrating Quakerism and Psychology1 Consciousness2 The Subconscious3 Sin4 Salvation5 Habit6 Conscience7 The Role of Christ8 Conclusion5 The Inner Light: Integrating God and Human Nature1 A Brief History of the Concept of the Light2 The Inner Light in Social Law3 The Inner Light in Jones’ Wider Corpus4 Conclusion6 Mysticism: Integrating the Inner Light and Social Action1 Mysticism in Historical Context2 Jones and Contemporary Scholars of Mysticism3 Jones’ Understanding of Mysticism4 Conclusion7 Assessing the Weave: Diverse Interpretations of Jones1 The Initial Reception of Social Law2 Personal Letters3 Quaker Engagement with the Inner Light in Relation to Christian Doctrine4 Later Reception of Jones’ View of Human Nature5 Conclusion8 Conclusion: Dissolving Dichotomies and Creative Practices1 Dissolving Dichotomies2 The ‘Mastery’ of Theology and the ‘Unmastery’ of Contemplation3 CreativityAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex

Helen Holt holds PhDs in plasma physics (University of St Andrews, 1992) and Quaker studies (University of Edinburgh, 2019). She is an independent scholar interested in Quaker approaches to science in the 20th century.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 A Quaker Life from Quaker Roots1 Quakerism and Rufus Jones2 A Quaker Education3 Conclusion2 Encounters with Modern Thought1 The Manchester Conference2 The Influence of Psychology3 Lessons from Harvard: Philosophical Idealism and the Social Gospel4 Conclusion3 God: Integrating Quakerism and Modern Thought1 The Character of God2 The Transcendence and Immanence of God3 Knowing God and Proving That God Exists4 Conclusion4 Human Nature: Integrating Quakerism and Psychology1 Consciousness2 The Subconscious3 Sin4 Salvation5 Habit6 Conscience7 The Role of Christ8 Conclusion5 The Inner Light: Integrating God and Human Nature1 A Brief History of the Concept of the Light2 The Inner Light in Social Law3 The Inner Light in Jones’ Wider Corpus4 Conclusion6 Mysticism: Integrating the Inner Light and Social Action1 Mysticism in Historical Context2 Jones and Contemporary Scholars of Mysticism3 Jones’ Understanding of Mysticism4 Conclusion7 Assessing the Weave: Diverse Interpretations of Jones1 The Initial Reception of Social Law2 Personal Letters3 Quaker Engagement with the Inner Light in Relation to Christian Doctrine4 Later Reception of Jones’ View of Human Nature5 Conclusion8 Conclusion: Dissolving Dichotomies and Creative Practices1 Dissolving Dichotomies2 The ‘Mastery’ of Theology and the ‘Unmastery’ of Contemplation3 CreativityAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex

Helen Holt holds PhDs in plasma physics (University of St Andrews, 1992) and Quaker studies (University of Edinburgh, 2019). She is an independent scholar interested in Quaker approaches to science in the 20th century.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 A Quaker Life from Quaker Roots1 Quakerism and Rufus Jones2 A Quaker Education3 Conclusion2 Encounters with Modern Thought1 The Manchester Conference2 The Influence of Psychology3 Lessons from Harvard: Philosophical Idealism and the Social Gospel4 Conclusion3 God: Integrating Quakerism and Modern Thought1 The Character of God2 The Transcendence and Immanence of God3 Knowing God and Proving That God Exists4 Conclusion4 Human Nature: Integrating Quakerism and Psychology1 Consciousness2 The Subconscious3 Sin4 Salvation5 Habit6 Conscience7 The Role of Christ8 Conclusion5 The Inner Light: Integrating God and Human Nature1 A Brief History of the Concept of the Light2 The Inner Light in Social Law3 The Inner Light in Jones’ Wider Corpus4 Conclusion6 Mysticism: Integrating the Inner Light and Social Action1 Mysticism in Historical Context2 Jones and Contemporary Scholars of Mysticism3 Jones’ Understanding of Mysticism4 Conclusion7 Assessing the Weave: Diverse Interpretations of Jones1 The Initial Reception of Social Law2 Personal Letters3 Quaker Engagement with the Inner Light in Relation to Christian Doctrine4 Later Reception of Jones’ View of Human Nature5 Conclusion8 Conclusion: Dissolving Dichotomies and Creative Practices1 Dissolving Dichotomies2 The ‘Mastery’ of Theology and the ‘Unmastery’ of Contemplation3 CreativityAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex