The purpose of the Quaker Theological Discussion Group (QTDG) is to explore the meaning and implications of our Quaker faith and religious experience through discussion and publication. This search for unity in the claim of truth upon us concerns both the content and application of our faith.

Quaker Religious Thought (QRT) is a print journal sponsored by the Quaker Theological Discussion Group and publishes many of the paper presentations given to the QTDG, as well as other articles and book reviews of interest to the Religious Society of Friends. QRT is published twice annually as a print journal and becomes available digitally after 18 months.

You can access our digital archives online, view our index of past articles, or subscribe to QRT.

Links to 2025 QTDG Panel Presentations

QTDG was delighted to host two fascinating panels in mid-December 2025. If you missed the opportunity to hear these presentations in real time, we cordially invite you to watch the Zoom recordings. Both the Friday panel and the Saturday panel are available for viewing on the QTDG YouTube page.

Our theme this year was Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, and Challenges:

Panel 1 –  Dec. 12, 2025

Stephen Angell: Martha Simmons, James Parnell, and James Nayler: Public Ministry in the First Period of Quakerism, 1653–1656
George Busolo Lukalo: Reflection on Joel Litu’s Public Ministry
Shawn Lazar: Joseph John Gurney’s Pneumatology of Public Ministry
Rady Roldan-Figueroa: The AFSC, Decolonization, and the Critique of Militarization in Puerto Rico

Panel 2:  Dec. 13, 2025

Windy Cooler:
Speculations for the Future of Public Ministry: Quaker Experiments and the Wider Church
Myron Guachalla Montaño:Can We Stop the Decrease in Attendance in Quakerism? 

John Muhanji: Reimagining Quaker Public Ministry in the African Context: A Christ-Woven Witness
Ashley Wilcox: A New Recording Process for the 21st Century

Links to 2025 QTDG Panel Presentations