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- Title
'WILL THE LAST (WOMAN) FRIEND TO LEAVE PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE LIGHT REMAINS SHINING?'
- Authors
Chadkirk, Bill
- Abstract
This paper analyses trends in membership of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, the number of members per Meeting and the changes in the gender balance of membership. It identifies polynomial equations to curves that match the data very closely. An accelerating decline in membership commencing in 1990 is identified. Trends are extrapolated to determine an end-point in 2032. The paper makes clear that as this date approaches the relationship between the data and trend is liable to breakdown.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SOCIETY of Friends; QUAKERS; HISTORIC peace churches; RELIGIOUS institutions; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Quaker Studies, 2004, Vol 9, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1363-013X
- Publication type
Article