Welcome to a Very Short Introduction soapbox. A short talk lasting 15 minutes from an expert in the field. The talk is free and takes place in the Blackwell book tent.

Ben Pink Dandelion, director of the Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies at the University of Birmingham, places Quakerism in the wider religious picture and outlines what the future may hold for the group. He looks at the origins and history of the Quakers: how they emerged from the social unrest of the English Civil War, and how they have since gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers.

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