400th Anniversary of George Fox’s Birth

June/July 2024

Poetry

Watering the Crops

Tomatoes big as breasts, he brags, / raised in topsoil dung and peat. Gary Stein
Forum

Forum, June/July 2024

Letters from our readers. Staff
Cover

Behind the Cover Art

The artist talks about this issue’s cover painting. Robert Henry
Faith and Practice

When the Earth Shook

Christ is as close as he ever was. Matt Rosen
Quaker.org

Evolving Views on William Penn

The reputation of religious freedom advocate and early Quaker William Penn has evolved over the years. Sharlee DiMenichi
June/July 2024 Books

Quakers in Politics

By Carl Abbott and Margery Post Abbott. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2023. 96 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. This little book…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

June/July 2024 Books

Conscription, Conscientious Objection, and Draft Resistance in American History

By Jerry Elmer. Brill, 2023. 404 pages. $136/hardcover or eBook. How should Quakers respond when the government resorts to conscription…

Reviewed by Robert Levering

June/July 2024 Books

The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism: An Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality

By Carl McColman. Broadleaf Books, 2023. 402 pages. $25.99/paperback; $23.99/eBook. Although there is no succinct explication of mysticism, Carl McColman…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

June/July 2024 Books

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

By Jessica Hernandez. North Atlantic Books, 2022. 256 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook.By We often hear the anti-Indigenous statement that the “United…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

June/July 2024 Books

Transcendence: Queer Restoryation

By Cai Quirk. Skylark Editions, 2023. 94 pages. $55/paperback; $125/special edition. As a queer Quaker interested in stories that speak…

Reviewed by Cassie J. Hardee

June/July 2024 Books

Amity: Stories from the Heartland

By J. Brent Bill. Roundfire Books, 2023. 112 Pages. $11.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Amity: Stories from the Heartland by J. Brent Bill…

Reviewed by Nichole Nettleton

June/July 2024 Books

Leave Nothing Behind

By Martin Willitts Jr. Fernwood Press, 2023. 106 pages. $18/paperback. The reading of poetry is essentially an act of communion.…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

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