Quaker Religious Thought

11/08/2025

The Quaker Theological Discussion Group is excited to share our 2025 call for papers on the theme: "Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, Challenges." See http://qtdg.org for further details.

Proposals are due by Oct 1. QTDG sessions will be held virtually on Dec 12–13, 2025, so save the date now!

02/08/2025

Announcing the call for papers for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2025 on the theme: "Quaker Public Ministry: History, Theology, and Practices." The Quaker Theological Discussion Group (QTDG) will host two virtual panels on December 12–13, 2025 (save the date!), exploring the theme: “Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, and Challenges.” Quaker public ministry may be described as a Spirit-led, relational calling to act or speak visibly and outwardly, in the greater world or in Quaker communities outside of one’s own, on behalf of truth, peace, and justice....

Announcing the call for papers for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2025 on the theme: “Quaker Public Ministry: History, Theology, and Practices.” The Quaker Theological Discussion G…

01/07/2025

The second issue of Quaker Religious Thought that honors the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth is available now. Subscribers have received it in the mail. If you did not receive it, consider subscribing today! You can also order copies of individual issues. QRT #143 approaches Fox's life and impact through taking a look at global Quakerism today and the influence of Fox's ideas in different parts of the Quaker movement....

The second issue of Quaker Religious Thought that honors the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth is available now. Subscribers have received it in the mail. If you did not receive it, con…

16/12/2024

You can now access Quaker Religious Thought #139 (Fall 2022) and #140 (Spring 2023) digitally for free. Issue #139 is focused on "Decolonizing the Quaker Peace Testimony," and contains the following articles, with an editorial introduction by Jon R. Kershner: “Unsettling: On Palestinian Quaker Theology,” by Sa’ed Atshan “Decolonizing the Quaker Peace Testimony in the Global South,” by Cristina J. Montiel…...

You can now access Quaker Religious Thought #139 (Fall 2022) and #140 (Spring 2023) digitally for free. Issue #139 is focused on “Decolonizing the Quaker Peace Testimony,” and contains …

15/12/2024

The video of the second day of Quaker Theological Discussion Group presentations for 2024 is now available, on the topic of "Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God." Each presenter offered important wisdom and challenge to Friends regarding Friends history, reparations, and how we might live more fully into Quaker values in relation to people and the planet....

The video of the second day of Quaker Theological Discussion Group presentations for 2024 is now available, on the topic of “Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the …

13/12/2024

Today's panel was a great beginning of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group for 2024. If you missed it or want to watch again, the video is now available. You can also still register to attend the second panel tomorrow, 12/14/2024 (8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT). Today's panelists were: Welling Hall: Economies Imagined in the Work of Havel, Boulding, and Brueggemann…...

Today’s panel was a great beginning of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group for 2024. If you missed it or want to watch again, the video is now available. You can also still register to at…

13/12/2024

Did you register for the Quaker Theological Discussion Group panels today and tomorrow, 12/13 and 12/14? Register now and we'll send you the Zoom link right before the first panel. Can't wait to hear what these great panelists have to say about "Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God." https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5fVo2iDLK65UPdlNEoY4Fql4MSI7qvtH7Cz0AuNC1AkK5aQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

06/12/2024

Announcing our panelists for the Quaker Theological Discussion Group panels that will be on Zoom on December 13–14, 2024, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT / 7–9pm Eastern African Time. Register here.

Topic: Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God

Panel 2:  Dec. 14, 2024, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT
Pamela Haines: Applying our Faith Values to Economics
Mary Watkins: Learning from the Demands and Visions of Black-Led Grassroots Reparations Campaigns 
Lina Blount:  Collective Witness and Interdependence in Dialogue with Individual Piety and Consumerism in Fossil Fuel Divestment
Cherice Harrison-Nelson and St. Clair Allmond, accompanied by Nathan Shroyer: Intraparticularity

06/12/2024

Announcing our panelists for the Quaker Theological Discussion Group panels that will be on Zoom on December 13–14, 2024, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT / 7–9pm Eastern African Time. See https://qtdg.org for registration link.

Topic: Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God

Panel 1: Dec. 13, 2024, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT
Welling Hall: Economies Imagined in the Work of Havel, Boulding, and Brueggemann
Stuart Smith: The Abolition That Could Have Been: The Free Produce Movement and the Loss of Momentum in Ending Chattel Slavery in America, 1800-1860
Jim Fussell: The World Shaking Power of “Holy Obedience”: Radical U.S. Quakers Divesting from Nuclear Arms, McCarthyism, and Racial Segregation, 1946-1956
Lisa Graustein:  Reparative Actions as a Guide for Stewarding Wealth

06/12/2024

Join us Dec. 13–14 for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2024! The topic is "Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God." Here is Panel 2. Find registration info here: https://qtdg.org/2024/12/05/qtdg-2024-panelists-registration/

Pamela Haines: Applying our Faith Values to Economics
Mary Watkins: Learning from the Demands and Visions of Black-Led Grassroots Reparations Campaigns
Lina Blount: Collective Witness and Interdependence in Dialogue with Individual Piety and Consumerism in Fossil Fuel Divestment
Cherice Harrison-Nelson and St. Clair Allmond, accompanied by Nathan Shroyer: Intraparticularity

06/12/2024

Join us Dec. 13–14 for Quaker Theological Discussion Group 2024! The topic is "Imagining Just Economies: Quaker Approaches to Divestment and the Kin-dom of God." Here is Panel 1. Find registration info here: https://qtdg.org/2024/12/05/qtdg-2024-panelists-registration/

Welling Hall: Economies Imagined in the Work of Havel, Boulding, and Brueggemann
Stuart Smith: The Abolition That Could Have Been: The Free Produce Movement and the Loss of Momentum in Ending Chattel Slavery in America, 1800-1860
Jim Fussell: The World Shaking Power of “Holy Obedience”: Radical U.S. Quakers Divesting from Nuclear Arms, McCarthyism, and Racial Segregation, 1946-1956
Lisa Graustein: Reparative Actions as a Guide for Stewarding Wealth

29/10/2024

If you're subscribed to Quaker Religious Thought, you likely received your copy of QRT #142 in the mail earlier this year—we, however, just found this post in our "drafts." We still wanted to share about these wonderful articles! Our next issue will be out soon. Our QRT issues in 2024 honor the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth through taking a look at global Quakerism today and the influence of Fox's ideas in different parts of the Quaker movement....

If you’re subscribed to Quaker Religious Thought, you likely received your copy of QRT #142 in the mail earlier this year—we, however, just found this post in our “drafts.” We sti…