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: A Quaker Behind the Dream: Charlie Walker and the Civil Rights Movement (Volume I, 1920–1955)

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

October 1, 2020

In Brief: It Made My Heart Thump: Rebecca’s Letters from Iran, 1951–1953

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

October 1, 2020

In Brief: Sabbath Economics: A Spiritual Guide to Linking Love and Money

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

October 1, 2020

The Guided Life: Finding Purpose in Troubled Times

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

September 1, 2020

Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter

Reviewed by Patience Schenck

September 1, 2020

The Little Book of Racial Healing: Coming to the Table for Truth-Telling, Liberation, and Transformation

Reviewed by Karen Heidenreich

September 1, 2020

Nothing Lowly in the Universe: An Integral Approach to the Ecological Crisis

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

September 1, 2020

Warheads to Windmills: How to Pay for a Green New Deal

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

September 1, 2020

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