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Quaker Book Reviews

Presence and Process: A Path Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community

By Daniel P. Coleman. Barclay Press, 2017. 232 pages. $20/paperback; $6.99/eBook. At the end of his remarkable book, Daniel Coleman…

Reviewed by Peter West Nutting

June/July 2019 Books

Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box

By Angela P. Dodson. Center Street, 2017. 448 pages. $26/hardcover; $15.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The upcoming 2020 centennial of women’s suffrage in…

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

January 2021 Books

Thunder in the Soul: To Be Known by God

By Abraham Joshua Heschel, edited by Robert Erlewine. Plough Publishing House, 2021. 168 pages. $12/paperback; $10/eBook. Abraham Joshua Heschel was…

Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May

February 2022 Books

Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times: Lessons from the Quakers on Blending Faith, Daily Life, and Activism

By J. Brent Bill. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2021. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. Prolific author and “public Friend” J.…

Reviewed by Max L. Carter

February 2023 Books

Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records (Second Edition)

By Ellen Thomas Berry and David Allen Berry, edited by Jana Sloan Broglin. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2022. 152 pages. $28.50/paperback.…

Reviewed by Thomas Hamm

Jackson Rea Herring

Herring—Jackson Rea Herring, 90, on May 26, 2022, peacefully, after a brief illness, in Boulder, Colo. Jack was born on…

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Cynthia Jean Berg

Berg—Cynthia Jean Berg, 73, on March 6, 2022, peacefully, following a brief battle with cancer at Emory University Hospital Hospice…

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Julia Ann van Ravenswaay

van Ravenswaay—Julia Ann van Ravenswaay, 89, on June 16, 2022, peacefully, in the presence of her son, after a brief…

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Experiencing Thomas Kelly in Free Verse

A conversation with Kathleen Wilson.

Donna McKusick

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Higher Walls and Bigger Guns

A reflection on true safety.

Doug Hostetter