Universalism and Spirituality

This pamphlet sets out to describe what has become known as “universalism” and how the ideas that this term enshrines have developed within Quaker thinking and experience. It has been suggested, however, that universalism poses a danger to Quakerism in that “it is not rooted and grounded in the organic, historical continuity of one of the living faiths” with the consequence that in Hugh Doncaster’s famous phrase, “any Friend can believe anything and the Society of Friends stands for nothing.” The pamphlet seeks to address this criticism and sets universalism within "spirituality" rather than "religion."