The Quaker Universalist Fellowship is a religious organization serving predominantly individuals with an ongoing association with the

Religious Society of Friends Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abili ...

(Quakers), a universalist understanding of Quaker teachings and traditions, and a commitment to

religious pluralism Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society. It can indicate one or more of the following: * Recognizing and tolerating the religious diversity of a society or countr ...

. It has published books and periodicals from

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since the 1980s. It calls itself : an informal gathering of persons who cherish the spirit of universality that has always been intrinsic to the Quaker faith and says 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. Somewhat different from the way the term

Universalism Universalism is the philosophical and theological concept that some ideas have universal application or applicability. A belief in one fundamental truth is another important tenet in universalism. The living truth is seen as more far-reaching th ...

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 *

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, ''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 Hildegard of Bingen (german: Hildegard von Bingen; la, Hildegardis Bingensis; 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher ...

, 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

References

Quaker organizations based in the United States Book publishing companies based in Pennsylvania Christian groups with universalist beliefs Religious organizations established in the 1980s Publishing companies established in the 1980s {{Christian-org-stub