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About New Children of the Light
As you enter into this space, imagine it as a small town with many people coming together to learn about the Millennial Generation. Some of you may be educators, sociologists, linguists or even ordinary folk who wonder what is happening with this new generation. I have written about sixteen Quakers who were ages 18-35 at the time that I interviewed them to hear their stories.
Stories are the glue that bind us together as families, religions, countries and cultures. Through shared metaphors we can find our place at our family table. We Quakers in America are like a family that has spread out over a wide territory. Even though we are still related by culture and history, we may not know other branches very well. As a traveling minister I have had the privilege of meeting many Friends across the boundaries of theological or cultural differences. In this book you will hear from a gay Kenyan pastor and a Guatemalan who is Evangelical; while others are non-theists, social activists or mystics. As I have opened these conversations for my book, I have also kept in touch with my conversation partners through social media, telephone or email.
What are the stories behind the faces that you see here in this collage? www.newchildrenoflight.weebly.com will keep our conversation going and offer you the opportunity to listen in -- just like the old-fashioned telephone party line. I invite you to participate by asking questions and leaving your own comments.
As you enter into this space, imagine it as a small town with many people coming together to learn about the Millennial Generation. Some of you may be educators, sociologists, linguists or even ordinary folk who wonder what is happening with this new generation. I have written about sixteen Quakers who were ages 18-35 at the time that I interviewed them to hear their stories.
Stories are the glue that bind us together as families, religions, countries and cultures. Through shared metaphors we can find our place at our family table. We Quakers in America are like a family that has spread out over a wide territory. Even though we are still related by culture and history, we may not know other branches very well. As a traveling minister I have had the privilege of meeting many Friends across the boundaries of theological or cultural differences. In this book you will hear from a gay Kenyan pastor and a Guatemalan who is Evangelical; while others are non-theists, social activists or mystics. As I have opened these conversations for my book, I have also kept in touch with my conversation partners through social media, telephone or email.
What are the stories behind the faces that you see here in this collage? www.newchildrenoflight.weebly.com will keep our conversation going and offer you the opportunity to listen in -- just like the old-fashioned telephone party line. I invite you to participate by asking questions and leaving your own comments.
Maurine Pyle lives in Carbondale, IL where she attends Southern Illinois Quaker Meeting. She spends her time tutoring graduate students in English as a Second Language and frequently traveling among Friends across the USA. She can be reached by email at [email protected]
Education: Master of Science in Management and Development of Human Resources
National-Louis University. Master of Arts in Linguistics (TESOL and Sociolinguistics arenas) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Abstract "Contemporary Quaker Use of Metaphor"Maurine's thesis by this title is available on Academia.edu
"This qualitative sociolinguistic study focuses on the contemporary usage of metaphor . . .