Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends)

Denomination·Founded 1652 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) → 1 branch

Branch
Rite of Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends)

Meeting for business.

Decisions by discerning the sense of the meeting — no votes, no majorities; unity or wait.

⏱ monthly◌ the meeting
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this rite is held

Quaker business is conducted in worship: there is no voting, and decisions are made by seeking the sense of the meeting, with a clerk discerning and testing it. A single Friend can hold a decision by standing in the way if genuinely led, though the discipline expects that to be exercised rarely and gravely. The method is slow and has been widely borrowed by secular consensus movements, usually without the underlying premise that makes it work.

The same ground, other faiths

rites that share this one's ideas
Satsang — the singing evening. Hinduism Go deeper →
The fourfold sangha. Buddhism · community Go deeper →
Micchami dukkadam. Jainism Go deeper →
Argument, for the sake of heaven, is sacred. Judaism · core tenet Go deeper →
The church is the body of Christ. Christianity · core tenet Go deeper →
Jumu'ah — the Friday assembly. Islam Go deeper →

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