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

Friendly Connections: Philadelphia Quakers and Japan Since the Late Nineteenth Century

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

June 1, 2025

Sowing the Seed of Truth: Orthodox Quaker Sermons of Murray Shipley (1873–1876)

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

June 1, 2025

Open to New Light: Quakers and Other Faiths

Reviewed by Diana Sacerio

June 1, 2025

Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground

Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar

June 1, 2025

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

June 1, 2025

In Brief: Beyond Chocolate: Adrian Cadbury, Life, Loss, and Leadership

Reviewed by Thomas Hamm

June 1, 2025

In Brief: Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People

Reviewed by Douglas Gwyn

June 1, 2025

In Brief: Thirty-Three Ways Seven Faiths Agree with the Quakers

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

June 1, 2025

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