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A Mysticism for Our Time

Rediscovering the spiritual writings of Thomas R. Kelly.

L. Roger Owens

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

Faith and Practice

Stand Still Where the Strength Is

Margaret Fell for modern Friends.

Shulamith Clearbridge

June/July 2021 Books

A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War

By William G. Thomas III. Yale University Press, 2020. 432 pages. $35/hardcover  or eBook. As a historian, I probably fully…

Reviewed by Larry Ingle

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The Land Is Free to All

Hicksite Friends and the Government of God

Thomas D. Hamm

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Utopia Before the Quakers

Thomas More and the Prophetic Purpose of Community

Derek Brown

August 2015 Books

A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience

By Emerson W. Baker. Oxford University Press, 2014. 398 pages. $29.95/hardcover; $21.99/eBook. Emerson W. Baker’s book begins on a surprising…

Reviewed by Thomas D. Hamm

From the Archives: Book Reviews of Young Adult Friends’ Picks

Out of the 14 books (and 1 blog) recommended by young adult Friends in the November 2013 issue, 5 titles…

Staff

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

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