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

In Brief: The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

October 1, 2025

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

September 1, 2025

Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America AND Hypocrisy, Racism, and Self-Interest on the Path to Reparations: Quaker Complicity with Slavery (1657–1776) and White Supremacy

Reviewed by Michele Sands

September 1, 2025

Embracing Spiritual Gifts

Reviewed by Derek Brown

September 1, 2025

Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

September 1, 2025

A Peculiar Legacy: A Novel

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

September 1, 2025

In Brief: Quakers and Chocolate

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

September 1, 2025

In Brief: The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene: 40 Days and Nights of Survival and Transformation

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

September 1, 2025

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