January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process

January 2016
Quakers and the Political Process

Bird-dogging the Candidates
Kevin Rutledge
Why Friends Are Needed in Politics
Diane Randall
This Age of Insecurity
Ron McDonald
Let’s Grow Together
FJ Books January 2016

Poetry

Hana in Spring

FJ Poetry: "Spring reminds her of her garden in Iraq..." Christine E. Black
Life in the Meeting

Why Have a Peace and Social Concerns Committee?

Life in the Meeting Eileen Flanagan
History

The Great Election of 1733

An election 283 years ago paved the way for religious freedom in America. David Osborn
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Meredith and Michael Carlone

Let’s Grow Together interviews those new to Friends. Trevor Johnson
News

News, January 2016

Protests at Guilford and Earlham Colleges and against gas pipelines; New England Friends statement on Paris attacks; FGC program changes;… Staff
January 2016 Books

Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: an organizing guide

By Daniel Hunter. The Veterans of Hope Project, 2015. 71 pages. $10/paperback; $4/eBook. A number of yearly meetings have been… Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck
January 2016 Books

The Class of ’65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness

By Jim Auchmutey. PublicAffairs, 2015. 270 pages. $25.99/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. In the fall of 1960, the school board of Americus, Ga.,… Reviewed by David Etheridge
January 2016 Books

Everyone Belongs to God: Discovering the Hidden Christ

By Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, edited by Charles E. Moore. Plough Publishing House, 2015. 138 pages. $12/paperback; $9.99/eBook. So what does… Reviewed by Brent Bill
January 2016 Books

The Rebirthing of God: Christianity’s Struggle for New Beginnings

By John Philip Newell. SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2014. 135 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. In The Rebirthing of God, Celtic peacemaker John… Reviewed by Judith Favor
January 2016 Books

Finding My Radical Soul: A Memoir

By Frances Crowe. Haley’s, 2015. 281 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $24.95/paperback; $11/eBook. Frances Crowe’s life is a shining light for all Friends.… Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
January 2016 Books

A Death Chosen, A Life Given

By Hannah Russell. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (Number 432), 2015. 30 pages. $7/pamphlet. A Death Chosen, A Life Given is a… Reviewed by Amy Whiffen
January 2016 Books

Silent Voices: A Family Memoir

By Judith Wright Favor. Pilgrimage Press, 2014. 153 pages. $10.99/paperback. Judith Wright Favor is a former pilot and pastor, now… Reviewed by Beth Taylor
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