The Quaker Way: Christian and Universalist

Across the world, there are many Quakers who see their faith in exclusively Christian and biblical terms, and others who favour a more universalist and pluralist approach. In this session, Stuart Masters will look at what it was about the early Quaker vision that made this possible. How did the Christian-universalist creative tension develop over time and what does it mean for us today?

Stuart Masters is a member of Central England Area Meeting and Selly Oak Local Meeting. He is a Woodbrooke tutor and gave the 2026 Swarthmore Lecture. He is the author of The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth (T&T Clark, 2025), and Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Friends (Woodbrooke, 2026). To learn more, visit stuartkmasters.com

The meeting starts at 7.00 p.m. UK time and the Zoom will be opened at 6.45 p.m. If you have not yet registered to receive the joining instructions for these meetings please email contact@qug.org.uk. We send out the joining instructions to those registered 2 or 3 days before the meeting.