Celebrating and remembering
Barbara Windle reviews the book reflecting on fifty years of Quaker concern for gay equality
This slim volume, mainly recording talks given one Sunday afternoon at Manchester Mount Street in 2013, splendidly encapsulates the progress of the subtitle’s fifty years of concern. The event’s concept was brilliant: very differently focused personal testimonies led into a succinct historical scrutiny. These three talks form the book’s core and are of lasting interest and import. The combination of individual story, acute analysis and wide perspective makes a unique contribution to our understanding of developing Quaker thought and concern in the twentieth century. For many it will be a revelation, but even the most well-informed will be absorbed and moved to a deeper appreciation of how this change happened.
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