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February 2017 Books

The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers

By Jim Forest. Orbis Books, 2016. 224 pages. $25/paperback; $20.50/eBook. Jim Forest was Thomas Merton’s longtime friend and colleague in…

Reviewed by Bill Chapman

Mystical or Not at All

Throughout history, some men and women have been opened morefully than others to the mystery of creation, to a deeper…

Richard W. Siebels

Strained, Breathless, and Hurried: Learning from the Life of Thomas R. Kelly

The breakneck pace of our over-scheduled lives often serves as an obstacle to the cultivation of spiritual wisdom. For some,…

Chad Thralls

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Features

Utopia Before the Quakers

Thomas More and the Prophetic Purpose of Community

Derek Brown

Thomas Arthur Ryan Jr.

Ryan—Thomas Arthur Ryan Jr., 77, on October 17, 2017, in State College, Pa., of pneumonia, with his wife, Lauri, holding his…

Staff

News

Scattergood Motto calendar in transition

Due to a publisher change and COVID-19-related delays, a publication date for the 2021 Scattergood or “Motto” calendar is still…

FJ News Editor

John Greenleaf Whittier: A Bicentennial Reflection

The birthday of one of the United States’ most popular Quakers was once a national event. Around the firesides and…

Thomas Becknell

A Quaker Retirement Community Faces the Pandemic

Creativity and service flowers under quarantine.

Nancy Thomas

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