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Books March 2015

Book reviews

Staff

Quaker Testimony in Green Building

In the late 1990’s the building that housed all the efforts and activities of the Friend’s Committee on National Legislation…

Bergin Parks

Quaker Testimony in Green Building

In the late 1990s, the building that housed Friends Committee on National Legislation was literally falling apart. “There were filing…

Bergin Parks

Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard Times

an the spiritual disciplines of early Friends help us through hard times in the 21st century? The very question of…

Patricia McBee

Do Quakers Pray?

By Jennifer Kavanagh. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2023. 80 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. The short answer to the question Jennifer…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

The Fundamental Principle of Quaker Spirituality: Light in the Conscience

By David Johnson. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 483), 2023. 35 pages. $7.50/pamphlet or eBook. Motivated by the question, “Where did…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

Praying in the Dark: Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World

By Daniel O. Snyder. Cascade Books, 2022. 236 pages. $46/hardcover; $31/paperback or eBook. I needed this book. I am at…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

A Guide to Faithfulness Groups

By Marcelle Martin. Inner Light Books, 2019. 109 pages. $25/hardcover; $12.50/paperback; $10/eBook. If someone pays attention to the part of me…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends

George Fox admonished Friends "to know one another in that which is eternal." In building our communities and in providing…

Patricia McBee and Vanessa Julye

Who, What, Why, How of Quaker Writing

Patricia McBee Sheeks