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The Impact of Secularisation on British Quaker Ecclesiology

Penelope Cummins

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Brill
28 May 2026

Religion: general

Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies

It has long been a charism of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) that major decisions have been made not by a small leadership group at the apex of the organisation but by the largest possible gathering of the worshipping community, locally or nationally, seeking prayerfully to discern the way forward.

However, partly associated with the fragmentation of belief among its members, this volume indicates that over the past 40 years the widely-shared responsibility for decisions has become more performative than actual, and that increasingly centralised decision-making has changed the ecclesiology of the Society of Friends in Britain.

By: Penelope Cummins
Imprint: Brill
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 7mm
ISBN: 9789004762701
ISBN 10: 9004762701
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Penelope Cummins holds a PhD in Theology & Religion from the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests include Quaker history and material culture. She has served on national and local Quaker committees, and has been Clerk to the Quaker Studies Research Association.