But Who Do You Say That I Am?: Quakers and Christ Today

Today, after centuries of Christendom's affirmations that "Jesus is the answer," he is free at last to be the question again. After centuries in which Christian adherence served as a conformist cloak of social respectability for many, whatever their misgivings, confusions, and hypocrisies, the unabashed Christian is now rather suspect in growing sectors of western society. Now it is getting interesting! After centuries in the gilded cage of officially sanctioned religion, Jesus is free to be subversive again.

In this essay, I will examine and challenge the current range of perspectives on Christ among Quakers today. But first it seems appropriate to say something about my own journey and the viewpoint from which this essay is written.