August 2025 Books

The Spirit of Freedom by Mark Russ Book Cover August 2025 Books

The Spirit of Freedom: Quaker-Shaped Christian Theology

By Mark Russ. Christian Alternative Books, 2024. 120 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. Sometimes I hear Friends say that Quakers don’t do…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

Teach us to Pray by Paul Buckley Book Cover August 2025 Books

Teach Us to Pray

By Paul Buckley. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 491), 2025. 34 pages. $7.50/paperback or eBook. Paul Buckley is a Quaker author…

Reviewed by John Andrew Gallery

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Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh

By Richard Brady. Parallax Press, 2024. 208 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook. I wrote this review of Richard Brady’s book at the…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

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The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage

By Richard Rohr. Convergent Books, 2025. 208 pages. $27/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. In The Tears of Things, Catholic priest and teacher Richard…

Reviewed by Windy Cooler

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What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. One World, 2024. 496 pages. $34/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. This book gives me hope. It is a series…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

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The Coracle and the Copper Bell: Poems to Carry Skin and Soul AND Close to the Surface: A Family Journey at Sea

By Bethany Lee. Fernwood Press, 2024. 156 pages. $19/paperback. By Bethany Lee. Fernwood Press, 2024. 376 pages. $27/paperback. Oregon’s Bethany…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

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In Brief: Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa

By Cato Pedder. John Murray, 2024. 348 pages. $29.10/hardcover. A British Quaker, Cato Pedder is a great-granddaughter of the famous…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

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In Brief: Thread of Life: My Russian Legacy

By Jennifer Kavanagh. Liberalis Books, 2025. 176 pages. $16.95/paperback; $7.99/eBook. In Thread of Life, Quaker author Jennifer Kavanagh offers evolving…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

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In Brief: The Echo of My Days: The Lost Stories and Poems of Bessie Smith Stanton

By Bessie Smith Stanton, edited by Jim Stanton, Bill Stanton, and Lola Stanton. White River Press, 2024. 172 pages. $22/paperback.…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

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The Spirit of Freedom: Quaker-Shaped Christian Theology

August 1, 2025

Teach Us to Pray

August 1, 2025

Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh

August 1, 2025