Rufus Jones (Mystiker)

Rufus Matthew Jones (* 25. Januar 1863; † 16. Juni 1948) war ein amerikanischer Autor, College-Professor, Mystiker, Philosoph und Quäker.

Werke

• Practical Christianity, 1899.
• Social law in the spiritual world; studies in human and divine inter-relationship, 1904
• The double search: studies in atonement and prayer, 1906
• The Abundant Life, 1908.
• The Inner Life, 1916.
• A Service of Love in War Time: American Friends Relief Work in Europe, 1917-1919, 1920.
• Spiritual Energies in Daily Life, 1922.
• The Faith and Practice of the Quakers, 1927.
• Pathways to the Reality of God, 1931.
• "Mystical Experience" in The Atlantic Monthly, May 1942.

Literatur

• Bernet, Claus: Rufus Jones (1863-1948). Life and Bibliograph of an American Scholar, Writer, and Social Activist. With a Foreword by Douglas Gwyn, New York 2009, ISBN: 978-3-631-58930-4

• Endy, Melvin B.: The Interpretation of Quakerism. Rufus Jones and His Critics. In: Quaker History. The Bulletin of Friends’ Historical Association, 62, 1, 1981, 3-21

• Kent, Stephen: Psychological and Mystical Interpretations of Early Quakerism. William James and Rufus Jones. In: Religion. A Journal of Religion and Religions, 17, 1987, 251-274;

• Krusé, Cornelius: Rufus M. Jones und sein Werk. Bad Pyrmont 1952 (Richard Cary Vorlesung 1952);

• Vining, Elizabeth Gray: Friend of Life. Philadelphia 1958. London 1959.

Quellen und "Siehe auch"

• Claus Bernet: Rufus Jones (Mystiker). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2, Sp. 633–694.
• QuakerBooks
• Digital Quaker Collection

Weblink

• Literatur von und über Rufus Jones im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek