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

These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship Across Race and Class AND Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel

Reviewed by Steve Chase

August 1, 2022

Reaching Beyond Prison Walls: Stories of Volunteer Visitors and the Prisoners They See

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

August 1, 2022

Friending Rosie on Death Row

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

August 1, 2022

Quakers and Their Meeting Houses

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

August 1, 2022

Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Taking Place to End It    

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

August 1, 2022

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

June 1, 2022

In STEP with Quaker Testimony: Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace—Inspired by Margaret Fell’s Writings

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

June 1, 2022

The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

June 1, 2022

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