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August 2018 Books
Friends Journal
Books, August 2018
This month’s reviewed titles:
The Ecology of Quaker Meeting
by James W. Hood;
A Civil Life for Uncivil Times
by Paula Tarnapol Whitacre;
Beautiful Rising
edited by Juman Abujbara, Andrew Boyd, Dave Mitchell, and Marcel Taminato;
The Magnificent Story
by James Bryan Smith;
The Meaning of Belief
by Tim Crane;
Because of This
by Jim Teeters;
Draw Your Weapons
by Sarah Sentilles.
August 2018 Books
The Ecology of Quaker Meeting
By James W. Hood. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 449), 2018. 32 pages. $7/pamphlet. James Hood, a member of Friendship Meeting…
Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
August 2018 Books
A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose
By Paula Tarnapol Whitacre. Potomac Books, 2017. 320 pages. $32.95/hardcover or eBook. The story of Julia Wilbur’s life and work…
Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson
August 2018 Books
Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
Edited by Juman Abujbara, Andrew Boyd, Dave Mitchell, and Marcel Taminato. OR Books, 2018. 272 pages. $22/paperback; $10/eBook. “Agitate, agitate.”…
Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams
August 2018 Books
The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
By James Bryan Smith. IVP Books, 2017. 190 pages. $22/hardcover; $21.99/eBook. James Bryan Smith is a “magnificent” writer; that is,…
Reviewed by Michael Willett Newheart
August 2018 Books
The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View
By Tim Crane. Harvard University Press, 2017. 224 pages. $24.95/hardcover or eBook. “I don’t believe you / You had the…
Reviewed by Brian Drayton
August 2018 Books
Because of This: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching: How to Live, Love, and Lead
By Jim Teeters. Barclay Press, 2018. 104 pages. $14/paperback. Jim Teeters’s new book, Because of This: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te…
Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser
August 2018 Books
Draw Your Weapons
By Sarah Sentilles. Random House, 2017. 320 pages. $28/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. Assembled like a collage or impressionist painting, Draw Your Weapons…
Reviewed by Lori Patterson
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The Ecology of Quaker Meeting
August 1, 2018
A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose
August 1, 2018
Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
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