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August 2023


August 2023

August 2023 Books

Susanna and Alice, Quaker Rebels: The Story of Susanna Parry and Her Cousin Alice Paul

By Leslie Mulford Denis. Oxford Southern, 2022. 272 pages. $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. In our twenty-first-century world, it is hard to imagine…

Reviewed by Claire Salkowski

August 2023 Books

An Invitation to Quaker Eldering: On Being Faithful to the Ministry of Spiritual Nurture among Friends

By Elaine Emily and Mary Kay Glazer. Inner Light Books, 2022. 225 pages. $35/hardcover; $25/paperback; $10/eBook. Two hundred and fifty…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

August 2023 Books

Quaker Shaped Christianity: How the Jesus Story and the Quaker Way Fit Together

By Mark Russ. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2022. 104 pages. $12.95/paperback; $6.99/eBook. An interview with book author Mark Russ…

Reviewed by William Shetter

August 2023 Books

Praying in the Dark: Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World

By Daniel O. Snyder. Cascade Books, 2022. 236 pages. $46/hardcover; $31/paperback or eBook. I needed this book. I am at…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

August 2023 Books

Stories of Spiritual Healing: Becoming Well

By Kwang-hee Park. SacraSage Press, 2021. 222 pages. $17.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Stories of Spiritual Healing: Becoming Well is a collection of…

Reviewed by Diane Reynolds

August 2023 Books

Quilt of Souls: A Memoir

By Phyllis Biffle Elmore. Imagine, 2022. 304 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $7.99/eBook. Quilt of Souls is a collection of family stories that…

Reviewed by Katie Green

August 2023 Books

What We Owe the Future

By William MacAskill. Basic Books, 2022. 352 pages. $32/hardcover; $19.99/paperback (available in September); $18.99/eBook. What We Owe the Future introduced…

Reviewed by Judith Wright Favor

Maria Krenz

Krenz—Maria Krenz, 78, on November 9, 2022, in hospice care in Boulder, Colo. Her son, Christopher, was with her at… Staff

Lanita Carol Witt

Witt—Lanita Carol Witt, 72, on December 15, 2022, peacefully at home at Willow-Witt Ranch in Ashland, Ore. Lanita was born… Staff

Andrew J. Zweifler

Zweifler—Andrew J. Zweifler, 92, on December 8, 2022, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at home in Ann Arbor, Mich.,… Staff
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QuakerSpeak, August 2023

Healing from abuse in Quaker communities. Christopher Cuthrell

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