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

An Early Assessment: U.S. Quakerism in the 20th Century: Papers from the Quaker History Roundtable, June 8–11, 2017

Reviewed by Mitchell Santine Gould

February 1, 2018

An Extraordinary Ordinary Woman: The Journal of Phebe Orvis, 1820–1830

Reviewed by Neal Burdick

February 1, 2018

Being Quaker…Where you are: A Journey Among Isolated Friends in the Northwest

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

February 1, 2018

Becoming Curious: A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

February 1, 2018

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Reviewed by David Breitzmann

January 1, 2018

Lucretia Mott Speaks: The Essential Speeches and Sermons

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

January 1, 2018

Race & Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

January 1, 2018

Rhythms of Grace / An Unhurried Leader

Reviewed by Chris Mohr

January 1, 2018

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