Friends Journal Book Reviews

Every issue of Friends Journal includes reviews of recently published books that bring illuminating perspectives to Quakers' spiritual and social concerns. Many of the books we cover can be purchased through FGC'S online Quakerbooks store.

Latest Book Reviews

Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar

September 1, 2018

The Ecology of Quaker Meeting

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

August 1, 2018

A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

August 1, 2018

Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

August 1, 2018

The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

Reviewed by Michael Willett Newheart

August 1, 2018

The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

August 1, 2018

Because of This: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching: How to Live, Love, and Lead

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

August 1, 2018

Draw Your Weapons

Reviewed by Lori Patterson

August 1, 2018

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