thiermann

Mildred Hunter Thiermann’s life story and spiritual journey span multiple worlds. Born a century ago in central Ontario, she experienced the twentieth century as an adventure of religious exploration and political discovery. The daughter of a progressive minister in the United Church of Canada, Mildred’s early embrace of the Quaker faith and her marriage to an American conscientious objector at the close of WW II opened her heart to transformative spiritual awakenings as she traveled from Canada to sojourns in the United States, Europe, New York City, and finally her spiritual world. ＂Among birthright Quakers I call myself a birthright Methodist,＂ she quotes. Her story reflects the quest of feminist religious seekers throughout the Western World ＂who seek to know God＂ through the lens of political action, social justice, international organization, and family.