April 2024 Books

April 2024 Books

Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist

By Ruth Tod. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2023. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. I never devoted much time to reading…

Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar

April 2024 Books

Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises

By Marjorie Kelly. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2023. 256 pages. $22.95/paperback or eBook. Anyone who feels the weight of White supremacy—or sees…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

April 2024 Books

Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration

By Jocelyn Simonson. The New Press, 2023. 256 pages. $27.99/hardcover or eBook. Radical Acts of Justice is both a hopeful…

Reviewed by Michele Sands

April 2024 Books

The Spirituality of Dreaming: Unlocking the Wisdom of Our Sleeping Selves

By Kelly Bulkeley. Broadleaf Books, 2023. 244 pages. $28.99/hardcover; $26.99/eBook. Most of us human beings spend about a third of…

Reviewed by Tom Head

April 2024 Books

The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education

Edited by Jeffrey Bilbro, Jessica Hooten Wilson, and David Henreckson. Plough Publishing House, 2023. 224 pages. $59.95/hardcover; $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. I…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

April 2024 Books

Altar to an Erupting Sun

By Chuck Collins. Green Writers Press, 2023. 330 pages. $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. If you are about my age—mid-70s—this book will possibly…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

April 2024 Books

Babylon

By Jeffrey L. Johnson. Fernwood Press, 2023. 78 pages. $16/paperback. Jeffrey Johnson’s book of poems Babylon takes its reader on…

Reviewed by James W. Hood

April 2024 Books

IN BRIEF: Seeking the Light: A Quaker Journey for Quakers and Non-Quakers

By Linda Seger. Self-published, 2023. 329 pages. $12.99/paperback; $2.99/eBook. Writing in a conversational style, Linda Seger introduces Quakerism to non-Quakers…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

April 2024 Books

IN BRIEF: Together We Decide: An Essential Guide for Making Good Group Decisions

By Craig Freshley. Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2022. 304 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. The author attended a military high school where…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist

April 1, 2024

Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises

April 1, 2024

Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration

April 1, 2024