Radical Quakerism

The George Gorman Memorial Lecture was given by Simon Best, one of the winners of the Friends Quarterly essay competition

by Symon Hill 5th August 2011

Quakers must be not be afraid to take extreme positions and proclaim them to the world. That was the message from Simon Best, who delivered this year’s George Gorman Memorial Lecture in Canterbury on Sunday.  Hundreds of Friends of varied ages displayed a range of reactions as Simon urged the Religious Society of Friends to be as vibrant as it was in the 1650s, while operating in ways that engage with twenty-first century lives.