Teacher, speaker, & writer on Quaker history, theology & spirituality. Author of 'Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers' (Woodbrooke, 2026), & 'The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth' (T&T Clark, 2025). 2026 Swarthmore Lecturer
Stuart Masters
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The first Friends claimed that, since Christ was their inward teacher, they had no need for human authorities... Who had the right to tell others what to do?
Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers, p.35.
"Stuart Masters’s The Quaker Faith is one of a very short list of books on Quakerism that I can recommend without hesitation," says Paul Buckley.
Masters shows how each major strain of contemporary Quaker faith and practice has an authentic claim to be fulfilling the legacy of the earliest Friends.
The ebook version of 'Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers' is now available to buy for only £5.00!
bookshop.quaker.org.uk/tangled-root...
Salvation is a life lived in self-giving, other-centered, cross shaped love, the life of Christ in you.
Jeff Doles
The only way we have to show our love for God is by the love we have for each other.
Dorothy Day
“Over the years, I have collected a small number of books to use in Introduction to Quakerism classes... Whether for neophytes seeking an introduction or seasoned Friends looking for more depth, The Quaker Faith earns a place on top of both piles.”
Paul Buckley – Friends Journal (June/July 2026)
Following Jesus means following a leader who never sought wealth, never commanded an army, never wielded a weapon, never initiated a war, and never used power to exploit others.
A leader not hungry for land or thrones, but hungry for justice and equality.
We can do things machines cannot because of our capacity for the transcendent... AI uses information: humans, at our best, find answers in the still small voice within.
Kenneth Cukier (2024)
"Every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it."
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Delighted to see Paul Buckley's positive review of my book in the current edition of Friends Journal.
Stuart Masters addresses some big questions: Who are the Quakers? What do they have to offer? And do they have a future?
