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Evolving Views on William Penn

The reputation of religious freedom advocate and early Quaker William Penn has evolved over the years.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Quakers Fast for Peace in Gaza and Israel

Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel, a group of at least 17 Friends from the United States, Ireland, and…

Sharlee DiMenichi

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm

By Robin DiAngelo. Beacon Press, 2021. 224 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $12.99/eBook. Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race

By Thomas Chatterton Williams. W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. 192 pages. $25.95/hardcover; $15.95/paperback (available in September). A year before his…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

By Pema Chödrön. Shambhala Publications, 2019. 192 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $16.95/paperback (available in October); $15.99/eBook. Pema Chödrön’s Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Palestine and Israel: A Personal Encounter

By Max L. Carter. Barclay Press, 2020. 150 pages. $16/paperback. There are no easy answers when it comes to alleviating…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

By Michele Harper. Riverhead Books, 2020. 304 pages. $27/hardcover; $16/paperback (available in July); $13.99/eBook. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice: An African American Quaker Scholar-Activist Challenges Conventional Narratives

By Harold D. Weaver Jr. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 465), 2020. 34 pages. $7.50/pamphlet; $7/eBook. The title of Harold Weaver’s…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God

By Kaitlin B. Curtice. Brazos Press, 2020. 208 pages. $35.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback or eBook. Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God is…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year

By Ashley M. Wilcox. Westminster John Knox Press, 2021. 326 pages. $45/paperback; $32/eBook. Ashley Wilcox is a Quaker and a…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee