Abstract
A latent class analysis was applied to the religious beliefs of 485 respondents in Rosie Rutherford's authoritative 2003 survey of British Friends. The analysis produced three groups: (1) Christian Quakers (27%), who hold a traditional Christian theology; (2) secularized Quakers (37%), who do not consider themselves atheists, but whose conception of God is not personal; and (3) Inner Light Quakers (36%), who emphasize the inner light and 'that of God in everyone' .
Keywords
Quakers, religious belief, typology, latent class, Britain Yearly Meeting
How to Cite
Cary, M. S. & Dandelion, P. '., (2015) “Three Kinds of British Friends: A Latent Class Analysis”, Quaker Studies 12(1).
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