Close-up of the 'What do Quakers believe?' cover. Photo: Courtesy of Christian Alternative Books.
‘What do Quakers believe?’ by Geoffrey Durham
Review by Stephen Cox
We British Quakers make things difficult for ourselves when communicating our faith. The reasons why have been obvious from my first days attending. We celebrate not having a creed, but this complicates any quick, coherent attempt to explain our ways; we view all statements of Quaker belief with fault-finding suspicion. We are often ill-disposed to discuss our views, even to someone eager and hungry that we do so. We have a fondness for defining ourselves by a shopping list of negatives. All this means we can end up leaving people confused, without a sight of the power, clarity and life-changing nature of our way and our worship. And the world needs us.
