On Not Becoming Complacent

Like many—if not most—emerging religious movements, Quakerism arose in 17th-century England in a posture of challenging the established authority. This… Robert Dockhorn

Letter to a Friend reading Reinhold Niebuhr

A friend recently wrote that he had been reading essays that Reinhold Niebuhr wrote for various periodicals in the 1920s… Newton Garver

The Immorality of Patriotism

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity only as we… Tony White

Anthropology: Pursuing the Quaker Connection

As a graduate student in dance anthropology at London’s Roehampton University, I had my first mid-life crisis. Actually, make that… Richter Kat

Education and Service Projects in Vietnam

The wounds of war do not go away when the fighting stops. Both the physical and emotional wounds persist for… Marjorie E. Nelson

A Legacy of Excellence in Education: High Point Normal and Industrial Institute

One of the major endeavors of Quakers has always been education —not just education for a select few or for… Linda Willard

A Quaker Reconsiders the Draft

When the Universal Military Training and Service Act expired in June 1973, I was overjoyed, like most Friends in the… Larry Ingle

Jury Duty: Complicity in the Penal System?

The prison system in the United States is a cruel warehousing institution that neither rehabilitates nor protects society. Millions of… Robert A. Callard

Stolen Goods: The Myth of Financial Sovereignty

You deserve a break today." "God rewards faithful followers with prosperous living." "I earned it; I deserve to enjoy it."… Chuck Hosking

Hidden Springs: A Quaker Farm Community in the Mid-20th Century

Technically, my parents did not own a house until after Dad retired, and even then, it was probably mortgaged. For… Wood Richard K.

Quakers March for Eco-Justice

On November 18, 2010, I walked into the Martin Luther King Jr. room of Friends Center in Philadelphia, Pa., where… Lazare Sofia

Quaker College Intervisitation

The Quaker Community of Haverford College (QuaC) hosted 16 students from Earlham College and George Fox University in September 2010… Carl Sigmond
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