To consider the origin of the Quaker Universalist Group (QUG) it can be helpful to recall the historical Quaker culture of 150 years ago. Many Friends espoused the Christian Evangelical outlook and their beliefs were traditional to non-conformity. The need for education was widely acknowledged and the work of the Adult School Movement was considered important. By the end of the nineteenth century a sea change had occurred and as a result of analytical study there followed a general acceptance of the questioning and findings of biblical analysis. Religious thinking was tossed into the melting pot; the ways the human mind operates were explored; the place of myth and story was recognised; all was being reconsidered with new-found freedom. Whilst this could be rightly said of mainstream British Quakerism, it was not, of course, fully acceptable to or welcomed by many Friends. In fact Britain was in the vanguard, striding out in new fields within worldwide Quakerism.

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