Everyone knows what Quakers did in the 1914-18 war. Inspired by their historic Peace Testimony they were united in opposing it. While soldiers joined up to kill the enemy, Quakers…
In the light of recent discussions I find myself perplexed: am I a theist or a nontheist? It all depends on what you mean by ‘_ist’. I take an _ist to be someone who has come…
Jan Sellers of Wansteaad Meeting, London, is speaking on BBC Radio 4’s programme Something Understood on Sunday 18 May at 6.05am and then repeated at 11.30pm.
Two stories of violence are dominating the news, the kidnapping of girls in Northern Nigeria and the unrest in Ukraine. It is natural for Friends to find such events disturbing,…
On Sunday 2 August 1914 Britain saw the country’s biggest ever anti-war demonstration (before 2003): fifteen thousand people in Trafalgar Square led by Keir Hardie, fifty…
Next Thursday, 15 May, is International Conscientious Objectors Day, which this year has special significance as the nationwide centennial commemorations of the first world war get…
Marriage is a useful and easily recognised concept carrying many privileges of practical use. But as Friends our first aims are to face reality and avoid hypocrisy. It is time our…
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