Quakers in Translation

November 2020

November 2020 Books

Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us

By Timothy McMahan King. Herald Press, 2019. 272 pages. $30.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback; $13.99/eBook. “Faith is simultaneously a journey and a waiting,…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

November 2020 Books

Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation

By C. Wess Daniels. Barclay Press, 2019. 136 pages. $16/paperback; $3.99/eBook. The Revelation, or Apocalypse, of John of Patmos is…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

November 2020 Books

Surrendering into Silence: Quaker Prayer Cycles

By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2020. 73 pages. $21/hardcover; $15/paperback; $10/eBook. In traditional societies, time is experienced as a…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

November 2020 Books

Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together

By Lacy Finn Borgo. IVP, 2020. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. As a parent, grandparent, and educator for many years, I…

Reviewed by Claire J. Salkowski

Film Review

Sweet Home Monteverde and A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent: The Story of the Bolivian Friends Church in Its Context of Conflict

Directed by Robin Truesdale, produced by Bill Adler. Self-released, 2020. 56 minutes. For purchase and streaming options: sweethomemonteverde.com. By Nancy J.…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

November 2020 Books

Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

By Mike Thomson. PublicAffairs, 2019. 320 pages. $28/hardcover; $3.99/eBook. Some time ago I reviewed Joshua Hammer’s book, The Bad-Ass Librarians…

Reviewed by David Austin

November 2020 Books

The More Extravagant Feast: Poems

By Leah Naomi Green. Graywolf Press, 2020. 80 pages. $16/paperback; $9.99/eBook. I once heard the poet Li-Young Lee say something…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

November 2020 Books

Circadian

By Letitia VanSant. Self-released (letitiavansant.com), 2020. 9 tracks. $15/CD; $10/digital download. When chronobiologist Franz Halberg was asked how he invented…

Reviewed by Brent Bill

Larry Scott Butler

Butler—Larry Scott Butler, 75, on December 15, 2018, in Fort Myers, Fla. Larry was born July 29, 1943, in Clearfield,…

Joy Newby Cronk

Cronk—Joy Newby Cronk, 94, on August 13, 2020, at Medford Leas Retirement Community in Medford, N.J. Joy and her twin…

Owen J. Newlin

Newlin—Owen J. Newlin, 92, on July 12, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. A birthright Friend, Owen was born on February…

Nancy Gene Wallace

Wallace—Nancy Gene Wallace, 69, on March 31, 2020, at home in Chicago, Ill., from lung cancer. Nancy was born to…
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