February 2019 Books

February 2019 Books

Walk Humbly, Serve Boldly: Modern Quakers as Everyday Prophets

By Margery Post Abbott. Inner Light Books, 2018. 478 pages. $45/hardcover; $30/paperback; $12.50/eBook. Margery Post Abbott’s latest book presents Friends…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Marty Grundy

February 2019 Books

Modern Psalms in Search of Peace and Justice

By Dwight L. Wilson, illustrated by Nancy Marstaller. Friends United Press, 2017. 226 pages. $16/paperback. The psalms of the Bible…

Reviewed by Reviewed by William Shetter

February 2019 Books

An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism and Taoism in Everyday Life

By Cho-Nyon Kim. James Backhouse Lectures, 2018. 38 pages. $14/pamphlet; $8/eBook. The slender, intriguing pamphlet An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar

February 2019 Books

Art as Soul’s Sanctuary: Meditations On Arts and Spirituality among Quakers and Beyond

By Jennifer Elam. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 452), 2018. 34 pages. $7/pamphlet. Jennifer Elam is a psychologist, Quaker, and artist/writer/dancer…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Patricia Morrison

February 2019 Books

Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril

By Elizabeth A. Johnson. Orbis Books, 2018. 256 pages. $28/hardcover; $26/paperback; $22.50/eBook. “The creation waits eagerly for the children of…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Brian Drayton

February 2019 Books

The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial

By Elizabeth Fournier. New World Library, 2018. 208 pages. $15.95/paperback; $12.76/eBook. I’ve been interested in the idea of a green…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

February 2019 Books

Poems from the Myst

By Michael Resman. Zumbro River Press, 2018. 176 pages. $7.40/paperback; $0.99/eBook. Deep sharing is a gift, and Michael Resman is…

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

February 2019 Books

The Beauty Queen of Bonthe and Other Stories of West Africa

By Gregory A. Barnes. FriendsPress, 2018. 194 pages. $12/paperback. It was a pleasure to read some of this collection and…

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

February 2019 Books

Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries

Directed by Janet P. Gardner. Gardner Documentary Group, 2018. 108 minutes. See Quakersthefilm.com for more information. Friend Janet Gardner and…

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

February 2019 Books

We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team That Dismantled Jim Crow

By Margaret Edds. University of Virginia Press, 2018. 424 pages. $29.95/hardcover or eBook; $24.95/paperback. Friend Margaret Edds, a journalist by…

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

February 2019 Books

Living on Automatic: How Emotional Conditioning Shapes Our Lives and Relationships

By Homer B. Martin and Christine B.L. Adams. Praeger, 2018. 187 pages. $37/hardcover or eBook. Quaker doctor Christine B.L. Adams…

Reviewed by Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand

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Walk Humbly, Serve Boldly: Modern Quakers as Everyday Prophets

February 1, 2019

Modern Psalms in Search of Peace and Justice

February 1, 2019

An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism and Taoism in Everyday Life

February 1, 2019