Revival: The Mystical Quest of Christ (1923)


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The author argues that mysticism is not confined to Christianity, but the relation between the soul and Christ is a distinctive mystical experience; and it is specific in this sense, that this relation works out in a certain practice of life and certain development of character. It is this concrete effect of a true Christian mysticism which forms the subject of this book.




Quarterly Bulletin


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Revival: The New Psychology and Religious Experience (1933)


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Explores the crossover between the newly emerging field of psychology and the established doctrine of theology.




The Christian Century


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The Princeton Theological Review


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Includes section "Reviews of recent literature."




The Quest


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The Congregationalist


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A Testament of Devotion and Thomas Kelly, Augustinian Quaker


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Guy Aiken provides a critical appreciation of Quaker mystic Thomas Kelly (1893-1941) and his classic 'A testament of devotion' (1941). This examination of Kelly?s life and devotional writings is largely viewed through an Augustinian lens; Augustine?s 'Confessions' was a touchstone for Kelly after his mystical transformation in 1937-38. Aiken argues that Kelly?s vision of Quakerism transcended religious and historical boundaries, while still speaking directly, and prophetically, to mid-twentieth-century liberal Quakerism and Christianity in the United States. The volume treats, in turn, Kelly?s melding of liberal and evangelical theology, his prophetic call to his contemporaries, and his revival of an ancient ethic, before concluding with helpful suggestions for further research.