Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1 A Quaker Life from Quaker Roots 1 Quakerism and Rufus Jones 2 A Quaker Education 3 Conclusion2 Encounters with Modern Thought 1 The Manchester Conference 2 The Influence of Psychology 3 Lessons from Harvard: Philosophical Idealism and the Social Gospel 4 Conclusion3 God: Integrating Quakerism and Modern Thought 1 The Character of God 2 The Transcendence and Immanence of God 3 Knowing God and Proving That God Exists 4 Conclusion4 Human Nature: Integrating Quakerism and Psychology 1 Consciousness 2 The Subconscious 3 Sin 4 Salvation 5 Habit 6 Conscience 7 The Role of Christ 8 Conclusion5 The Inner Light: Integrating God and Human Nature 1 A Brief History of the Concept of the Light 2 The Inner Light in Social Law 3 The Inner Light in Jones' Wider Corpus 4 Conclusion6 Mysticism: Integrating the Inner Light and Social Action 1 Mysticism in Historical Context 2 Jones and Contemporary Scholars of Mysticism 3 Jones' Understanding of Mysticism 4 Conclusion7 Assessing the Weave: Diverse Interpretations of Jones 1 The Initial Reception of Social Law 2 Personal Letters 3 Quaker Engagement with the Inner Light in Relation to Christian Doctrine 4 Later Reception of Jones' View of Human Nature 5 Conclusion8 Conclusion: Dissolving Dichotomies and Creative Practices 1 Dissolving Dichotomies 2 The 'Mastery' of Theology and the 'Unmastery' of Contemplation 3 Creativity Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography Index.