September 2025 Books

September 2025 Books

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

By Eileen Flanagan. Seven Stories Press, 2025. 320 pages. $21.95/paperback; $14.99/eBook. While addressing our planet’s manifold crises, Quaker activist and…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

September 2025 Books

Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America AND Hypocrisy, Racism, and Self-Interest on the Path to Reparations: Quaker Complicity with Slavery (1657–1776) and White Supremacy

By Joel Edward Goza. William B. Eerdmans, 2024. 383 pages. $34.99/hardcover or eBook. By Mary Watkins. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 489), 2024. 38 pages.…

Reviewed by Michele Sands

September 2025 Books

Embracing Spiritual Gifts

By Adria DiCapua. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 490), 2024. 29 pages. $8.50/paperback or eBook. Spiritual gifts, both the recognition of them and…

Reviewed by Derek Brown

September 2025 Books

Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

By Gregory Boyle. Avid Reader Press, 2024. 224 pages. $30/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. In nine short chapters, this book describes the way…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

September 2025 Books

A Peculiar Legacy: A Novel

By Rashid Darden. Old Gold Soul Press, 2025. 192 pages. $15.99/paperback; $8.99/eBook. This novel opens with news of the fatal…

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

September 2025 Books

In Brief: Quakers and Chocolate

By Helen Holt. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2025. 95 pages. $12.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. A more worldly fun fact in Quaker…

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

September 2025 Books

In Brief: The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene: 40 Days and Nights of Survival and Transformation

By Emma M. Churchman. Empower Press, 2025. 262 pages. $24.95/paperback; $7.99/eBook. This book tells the story of the devastating impact…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

September 2025 Books

In Brief: Down to the Bone: A Jail, a Journey, Four Women

By Clémence Overall. Mud Brick Press, 2024. 350 pages. $29.99/hardcover; $23.95/paperback; $3.99/eBook. This memoir by Clémence Overall opens with her…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

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Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

September 1, 2025

Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America AND Hypocrisy, Racism, and Self-Interest on the Path to Reparations: Quaker Complicity with Slavery (1657–1776) and White Supremacy

September 1, 2025

Embracing Spiritual Gifts

September 1, 2025