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October 2021 Books

The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

By Peniel E. Joseph. Basic Books, 2020. 384 pages. $30/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $19.99/eBook. Living through a historic era is no guarantee…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

When Quakers Disagree

Guess what? Quakers have disagreements among themselves and in their monthly meetings for business. Nothing unusual about that— we’re human,…

ArthurMeyerBoyd

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

Quality & Quakerism

Parallels between the pursuit of quality and being a Quaker.

Peter Baston

Among Friends: Our Money and our Testimonies

I believe strongly in the value of telling people what they’ve meant to me. I recently wrote a thank-you note…

Gabriel Ehri

On Abuse and Healing

One of the joys of my work with Friends Journal is the opportunity to travel among Friends. Two summers ago,…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Belonging: Quakers, Membership, and the Need to be Known

hat role does monthly meeting membership play in our understanding of faith and belonging?  Can someone be a Quaker without…

Emily Higgs

March 2022 Books

Just Money: Mission-Driven Banks and the Future of Finance

By Katrin Kaufer and Lillian Steponaitis. MIT Press, 2021. 192 pages. $17.95/paperback; $13.99/eBook. I was attracted to this book for…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

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Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment

When can drugs bring us closer to God?

Joe McHugh

Young Families and Quakerism: Will the Center Hold?

Recently I was invited to help plan an adult religious education session at a meeting that expressed interest in revitalizing…

Tom Hoopes