http://disqus.com/by/wmgsmith/enTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:55:34 -0000http://www.quakerranter.org/holiness_and_quakerism/#comment-2549627<p>Those of us with roots in Indiana Yearly Meeting (30 years ago) understand that a significant numbers of the Friends Church are weslyan/holiness in theological doctrine. The Richmond Declaration is very Holiness in orientation except fot the external ordinances. My mother's aunt was married to A.J. Tomlinson Holiness Quaker from Indiana that founded the Penecostal Assembly of God. <br>When we read books on History we need to be aware of the perspective the author has. There are no "theory" neutral histories. I find that even though I do not find the specific instances of second definite acts of grace in the first 200 years of quakerism that Carole Spencer finds. To call Wilbur a Holiness Quaker is a miss reading of his beliefs. <br>I found that a number of insights in this book on the period after the civil war when the great awakening and the holiness revival transformed Quakers. Thomas Hamm also discusses this change. The head of Earlham Colleges Religion department was a devout Holiness Quaker, Dougan Clark.<br></p>wmgsmithTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:55:34 -0000