Jennifer Kavanagh - The Quaker Way (N242)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Having left behind the Anglican roots of her childhood, Jennifer Kavanagh discovered the Society of Friends - better known as Quakerism - as an adult. We spoke to her about how to be a practical mystic, how to subvert hierarchies by being silent, how to be part of a Christian religion without being a Christian, how to have a church without a leader, and what not to call the Queen.
Following the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash and David Blower reflect on the faith they inherited, what it means to be a Christian, and what Quakerism might offer their evolving faith.Â
Interview starts at 13m 24s
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. |
| 0:38.9 | I'm Tim and this is David. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello there. |
| 0:42.1 | It's good to be back in your presence, mate. |
| 0:44.0 | Yeah, it's been a long time. |
| 0:45.3 | It's always a long time, isn't it? |
| 0:46.8 | Yeah, I checked the archives. |
| 0:48.1 | And the last time we recorded together was October 2020, but check this out. |
| 0:53.5 | The last time I saw you face to face was December |
| 0:56.7 | 2019. Wow, is that true? Why? That is the last time we met up. You came to Nottingham |
| 1:02.8 | and we recorded the Anne Morrissey episode. Oh my gosh. Wow. That's shocking, isn't it? |
| 1:09.5 | Time's doing funny things, isn't it? |
| 1:11.7 | It's doing really funny things. |
| 1:12.9 | I mean, who would have predicted that? |
| 1:14.0 | When we were sat here, recording that, having a chat, having a laugh, if someone had said, |
| 1:18.5 | you guys aren't going to see each other again for probably 18 months. |
| 1:21.7 | That would have been shocking, wouldn't it, mate? |
| 1:23.0 | Shocking. |
| 1:23.5 | That really would have been. |
| 1:24.5 | But here we are. |
| 1:25.2 | Yeah. And it's weirdly normal because, I mean, I guess that is the way it is for so many friendships that people have with people who are not local to them over the last year. |
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