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Books November 2012

Our annual extensive selection of books

Misc.

Inspiration From Quaker Women of the Past

I have received much inspiration and encouragement from the stories of earlier Quaker women who were willing to take the risk involved in proclaiming the Truth given to them.

Marcelle Martin

Forum, March 2019

Letters from our readers

Staff

Liberal Quaker Journal Publishing to 1955

One of the reasons that historians like Quakers, and why historians have given Quakers attention out of all proportion to…

Thomas D. Hamm

Facing a Fractured Quakerism

The establishment of Friends World Committee for Consultation was an attempt to mend a fractured faith. In the first four…

Thomas Hamm

Half a Quaker

An activist learns from the spiritual practices of her colleagues.

Lina Blount

A Hoosier in Ramallah

Annice Carter's Life in Service

Max L. Carter

Gentle Persuader and Loyal Friend: Mary Stone McDowell

In December 1955 the New York Times published an obituary, titled "Mary McDowell, Peace Crusader." The subtitle read: "Teacher Dismissed…

Mary Lee Morrison

Prophetic Quaker Communities

Introduction to our June-July issue.

Martin Kelley

The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

By Marcus Rediker. Beacon Press, 2017. 194 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $25.99/eBook. Should readers choose to read this compelling biography—and those who…

Reviewed by Larry Ingle