The Nontheist Friends (Quakers) Discussion Listserv – hosted on Google Groups, this email listserv provides a safe and friendly space for nontheist Friends, other Friends, and non-Friends with a genuine and friendly interest in the subject, to discuss the experiences and challenges of being nontheists in the Religious Society of Friends. Find out more by clicking on “Email Discussion” in the menu or here.
Nontheist Quaker Contemplative Conversations – managed by the Nontheist Quakers Contemplative Sharing Group, a private nontheist US-based Quaker group [like a book group] that meets 3 times a month on Zoom – first and third Tuesdays at 4 PM Eastern time | 1 PM Pacific time, and on second Saturdays at 11 AM Eastern time | 8 AM Pacific time | 9 PM UK time. Join us on Zoom at those times by clicking here.
We also meet weekly on Thursdays for a half-hour of quiet meditation followed by half an hour of checking in with each other at our Nontheist Meeting for Non-Worship: 1 PM Eastern time | noon Central time | 11 AM Mountain time | 10 AM Pacific time | 6 PM UK time. Join us on Zoom at those times by clicking here.
See: Statement in Defense of Constitutional Integrity and Human Rights, published March 8, 2025 by the Nontheist Quakers Contemplative Sharing Group.
Nontheist Friends Network (NFN) United Kingdom) – “a group of nontheist, (nontheist leaning or sympathetic), or humanist Quakers and the Network exists to provide a forum and supportive framework for Friends (Quakers) and other ‘nontheists’ who regard religion as a human creation.” Meets on Zoom once a month on 1st Thursdays at 7 PM UK time | 2 PM Eastern time | 1 PM Central time | 12 noon Mountain time | 11 AM Pacific time.
Non-Theist Quakers – a group on Facebook for discussion of non-theism among Quakers (Religious Society of Friends), “Please keep discussion relevant to the main points of the group: quakerism, spirituality, and non-theism or, even better, the intersections of these topics.”
Resources
LiberalQuakers.org – “a simple entry point into liberal Quakerism for those seeking to learn more and perhaps find a liberal Friends Meeting to visit.”
Quaker Universalist Fellowship – “a gathering of Friends who are open to a wide and inclusive understanding of beliefs and spiritual practices. Rooted in the Quaker tradition, we welcome those who seek the underlying truth beneath all faith.”
Sea of Faith network, SOF, UK – “a network of groups and individuals who share the understanding that religions and religious faith are creations of the human imagination and explore together the implications of such an understanding for their moral, spiritual, and social values.”
Friends General Conference (FGC)’s page on Atheism & Nontheism – “While many Quakers will identify themselves as Christian, it is common that some members or attenders at liberal, unprogrammed Friends Meetings will have different beliefs. Some may be nontheists or atheists …” FGC is an association of local and regional Quaker organizations primarily in the United States and Canada
Nontheist Quakers on Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia.
Non-Theism and Quakerism – a subreddit of the Quakers community on Reddit.
NontheistFriends.org – our original website. This is where the content here from before 2024 is from.
