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

Kuhkomossonuk Akonutomuwinokot: Stories Our Grandmothers Told Us

Reviewed by David Etheridge

March 1, 2023

The School That Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler

Reviewed by Judith Favor

February 1, 2023

A Vivifying Spirit: Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

February 1, 2023

Reflections from a Solitary Meeting for Worship

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

February 1, 2023

Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records (Second Edition)

Reviewed by Thomas Hamm

February 1, 2023

The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

February 1, 2023

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power (Revised Edition)

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

February 1, 2023

The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

Reviewed by J.E. McNeil

February 1, 2023

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