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Friends Journal Reviewer Survey

By Staff on November 1, 2015

Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all‐time favorite books for Quakers.

Posted in: November 2015 Books, November 2015: Books and Pop Culture, Quaker Book Reviews
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Books September 2014

By Staff on September 1, 2014

Book reviews.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2014
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Books November 2013

By Staff on November 1, 2013

Books reviewed: Gathered: Contemporary Quaker Poets (ed. by Nick McRae); Powerful Beyond Measure: The Legacy of Quaker Leadership in the […]

Posted in: December 2012: Hospitality, November 2013: Books and Writing, Quaker Book Reviews
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The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonfoeffer

The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Women, Sexuality, and Nazi Germany

By Reviewed by Beth Taylor on October 1, 2016

By Diane Reynolds. Cascade Books, 2016. 449 pages. $53/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and […]

Beth Taylor is a member of Westerly (R.I.) Meeting and the co-director of Brown University’s Nonfiction Writing Program.

Posted in: Crossing Cultures, October 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Books June/July 2013

By Staff on May 31, 2013

Discernment: Living Under Divine Guidance North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Journal (number 6), 2012. 62 pages. Free download at www​.ncymc​.org/​j​o​u​r​nal. Reviewed […]

Posted in: June/July 2013: Quaker Testimonies, Quaker Book Reviews
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Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer’s Guide

By Reviewed by Diane Reynolds on September 1, 2017

By Howard R. Macy. Cascade Books, 2016. 140 pages. $19/paperback or eBook. Quakers have a tradition dating back at least […]

Diane Reynolds is a member of Stillwater Meeting in Barnesville, Ohio, and a former member of Patapsco Meeting in Ellicott City, Md.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2017, September 2017 Books
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Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble Toward Simplicity and Grace

By Reviewed by Diane Reynolds on August 1, 2016

By J. Brent Bill. Abingdon Press, 2015. 208 pages. $16.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. In Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker, Brent Bill […]

Diane Reynolds is a member of Stillwater Meeting in Barnesville, Ohio, and a former member of Patapsco Meeting in Ellicott City, Md.

Posted in: August 2016 Books, August 2016: Quaker Spaces, Quaker Book Reviews
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Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People

By Reviewed by Diane Reynolds on November 1, 2017

Edited by Charles E. Moore. Plough Publishing House, 2016. 357 pages. $18/paperback; $9.99/eBook. As Quakers know, community building is hard, […]

Diane Reynolds lives in Barnesville, Ohio, and is a member of Stillwater Meeting. She is the author of The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and an adjunct English professor.

Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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The Passion

By Diane Reynolds on June 1, 2004

By the time I saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, much had been written about the film’s violence. […]

Diane Reynolds attends Patapsco Preparative Meeting in Ellicott City, Md.

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Quakers and Literature (Quakers and the Disciplines Volume 3)

By Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser on November 1, 2016

Edited by James W. Hood. Friends Association for Higher Education, 2016. 167 pages. $19.95/paperback. The central thread that holds together […]

Michael S. Glaser is a professor emeritus at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and served as Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2004 to 2009. He and his wife, Kathleen, offer retreats that fuse Parker J. Palmer’s Courage and Renewal work with reading and writing poetry. His website is michaelsglaser.com.

Posted in: November 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Social Media
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