Jean Toomer after Cane

MELUS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-193
Author(s):  
Amanda Mehsima Licato
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reception ◽  
Jean Toomer ◽  
Racial Identification ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
Central Elements ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

Abstract I reassess Jean Toomer’s poetics after the publication of his first novel Cane (1923). Cane’s critical reception has impacted and limited our understanding of his poetry, and of his racial identification, from the late 1920s to 1940s, when Toomer sought inspiration from the Eastern mystic, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, and later from the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. Challenging the neat binary of Toomer’s lyrical and didactic strains in his later work, and spotlighting the complexity of his racial posturing, I argue that the central elements of Toomer’s poetics remained constant, particularly his attention to moral and spiritual enlightenment in order to address the pressing psychosocial and racial issues of his time.

Religious Society of Friends

2010 ◽  
pp. 1312-1312
Author(s):  
Camillo von Mueller ◽  
Wim Van Opstal ◽  
Christopher S. Biggers ◽  
Andras Kelen ◽  
Bryan T. Froehle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

scholarly journals Spiritual Discernment, the Incorporated Organization, and Corporate Law: The Case of Quaker Business Method

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Nicholas Burton ◽  
Jonathan Bainbridge
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Law ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Innovation ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Spiritual Discernment ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which practices from the spiritual traditions—in our case, spiritual discernment—may offer opportunities for management innovation in non-religious organizations in designing collaborative and participative decision-making processes. We examine the case of a spiritual discernment practice associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the UK—known as the Quaker Business Method (QBM)—to help illuminate the opportunities of spiritual discernment in private limited companies. Given that the majority of non-religious, trading organizations are structured as private limited companies, our paper addresses the extent to which QBM can be utilized by such entities. Thus, we bring religion and corporate law into conversation to address this under-explored terrain. We find that embedding many elements of Quaker spiritual discernment in private limited companies pose non-trivial challenges. However, many of these challenges can be overcome so long as those involved in managing and owning organizations actively engage with corporate law, and specifically consider the benefits of adopting bespoke articles of association or entering into a separate shareholder agreement to reflect the practice of spiritual discernment. We necessarily adopt a practice-orientated perspective, and conclude by proposing new pathways for future research.

scholarly journals Plague as a means of religious controversy

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Z. Yu. Metlitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Religious Controversy ◽  
The Church ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

Translation of a treatise by George Whitehead, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), criticizing the position of the Church of England during the Great Plague of London, 1665-1666.

Quakers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Religious Society Of Friends

Although the Toleration Act (1689) eased the position of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in many ways, the path towards full tolerance and acceptance remained rough. Their refusal to take oaths of allegiance meant that another expedient to demonstrate loyalty had to be found. Likewise, the refusal to pay tithes or to serve in the militia were also areas of contention. In an attempt to distance themselves from radical seventeenth-century associations, they sought to develop frameworks to provide for the internal regulation of the behaviour of their members. A number of popular customs, such as drinking and gambling, were regarded as inappropriate and there was a growing emphasis on the importance of marrying within the community. Although the enforcement of this code had an impact on the size of the membership, from the middle of the eighteenth century, Friends were increasingly involved in ‘respectable’ business and often did well within this context.

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