January 2021 Books

January 2021 Books

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson. One World, 2020. 448 pages. $29/hardcover; $18/paperback; $13.99/eBook. This collection of…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

January 2021 Books

The Depth of Our Belonging: Mysticism, Physics, and Healing

By Mary Conrow Coelho. Producciones de la Hamaca, 2021. 94 pages. $25/paperback; $15/eBook. I was first introduced to the writings…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

January 2021 Books

The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous–Settler Relations

By Shirley N. Hager and Mawopiyane. Aevo UTP (University of Toronto Press), 2021. 304 pages. $29.95/hardcover or eBook. The Gatherings:…

Reviewed by David Etheridge

January 2021 Books

Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm

By Kazu Haga. Parallax Press, 2020. 296 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook. In our society, violence—physical or mental—is often considered the appropriate…

Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck

January 2021 Books

Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief

By Michelle Cassandra Johnson. Shambhala Publications, 2021. 168 pages. $17.95/paperback; $13.99/eBook. I’d guess there are Friends Journal readers who know…

Reviewed by Brad Sheeks

January 2021 Books

Thunder in the Soul: To Be Known by God

By Abraham Joshua Heschel, edited by Robert Erlewine. Plough Publishing House, 2021. 168 pages. $12/paperback; $10/eBook. Abraham Joshua Heschel was…

Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May

January 2021 Books

The Clear Light: Spiritual Reflections and Meditations

By Steve Taylor. New World Library, 2020. 136 pages. $18.95/hardcover or eBook. For many of us, sustaining the habit of…

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

January 2021 Books

A Call to Friends: Faithful Living in Desperate Times

By Marty Grundy. Inner Light Books, 2020. 57 pages. $25/hardcover; $15/paperback; $10/eBook. A Call to Friends begins with a look…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

January 2021 Books

A Culture of Faithfulness

By Marcelle Martin. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 462), 2020. 32 pages. $7/pamphlet. As do Quakers all over the world, we…

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

January 2021 Books

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country

By Jack Jenkins. HarperOne, 2020. 352 pages. $27.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. In the publication of books on the religious right, there is…

Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May

January 2021 Books

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. AK Press, 2020. 260 pages. $18/paperback; $17.99/eBook. Beyond Survival is a collection…

Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck

January 2021 Books

Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World

By Walter Brueggemann. Westminster John Knox Press, 2020. 128 pages. $15/paperback; $12/eBook. The title Materiality as Resistance points toward the…

Reviewed by Tom Paxson

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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

January 1, 2022

The Depth of Our Belonging: Mysticism, Physics, and Healing

January 1, 2022

The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous–Settler Relations

January 1, 2022