The Quaker Universalist Fellowship is a religious organization mainly serving individuals with an ongoing association with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a universalist understanding of Quaker teachings and traditions, and a commitment to religious pluralism. It has published books and periodicals from Landenberg, Pennsylvania, since the 1980s.WorldCat author search
It describes itself as "an informal gathering of persons who cherish the spirit of universality that has always been intrinsic to the Quaker faith".Universalist Friends -- The Journal of the Quaker Universalist Fellowship It states that its mission is "to foster the understanding that within everyone is a directly accessible spiritual light that can lead people to equality, simplicity, justice, compassion and peace".Quaker Universalist Fellowship
Somewhat different from the way the term Universalism is typically understood in Christian theology, Quaker universalism focuses on the "belief that there is a spirit of universal love in every person, and that a compassion-centered life is therefore available to people of all faiths and backgrounds."
Publications Margery Post Abbott, Lanny Jay, W. Norman Cooper, Waiting and resting in the true silence David Boulton, Militant seedbeds of early Quakerism: two essays Samuel D. Caldwell, That blessed principle: reflections on the uniqueness of Quaker universalism, 1988 Avery Dulles, Revelation and the religions Rhoda R. Gilman, The universality of unknowing: Luther Askeland and the wordless way, 2007 Douglas Gwyn, The Quaker dynamic: personal faith and corporate vision Gene Knudsen-Hoffman, Kingdon W. Swayne, Spirit and trauma: a universalist world view as an instrument of healing Margery Larrabee, There is a hunger: mutual spiritual friendship, 1994 Carol P. MacCormack, Jack Mongar, Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century holistic world view Anthony G Manousos, Islam from a Quaker perspective, 2002 A. Ernest Morgan, Should Quakers receive the Good Samaritan into their membership?, 1998 John Nicholson (Quaker writer), The place of prayer is a precious habitation, 1994 David Rush, They too are Quakers: a survey of 199 nontheist Friends Daniel A. Seeger, Quaker universalists: their ministry among Friends and in the world, 1989 The boundaries of our faith: a reflection on the practice of goddess spirituality in New York Yearly Meeting, from the perspective of a Universalist Friend, 1991 I have called you friends (John 15:15), 1997 The mystical path: pilgrimage to the one who is always here, 2004 Michael Anthony Sells, The generous Qurʼan: ten selected suras Mulford Quickert Sibley and Rhoda Gilman, ** Authority and mysticism in Quaker and Buddhist thought: essays In praise of Gandhi: technology and the ordering of human relations, 2005 Kingdon W Swayne, Universalism and me Elizabeth G. Watson, Journey to universalism Patricia A. Williams, Hazardous engagement: God makes a Friend, 2006 Universalism and religions, 2007
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Official website