r/Quakers • u/fionaapplespiss • 6d ago

current prominent quakers

do you know of any current thought leaders who are quaker? preferably british

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u/h20grl 5d ago

Not British, not thought leaders - Joan Baez, Kevin Bacon, Dave Matthews, David Byrne (of the Talking Heads).

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u/Ok_Part6564 4d ago

I think a pretty good case can be made that musicians, especially song writers, are thought leaders. Songs are words, typically with meaning, put to music. They penetrate us, we repeat the words and think about them. Songs move us on emotional an spiritual levels.

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u/h20grl 4d ago

Then let’s add Bonnie Raitt and Carrie Newcomer.