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October 2015 Books

Thomas Merton, Peacemaker: Meditations on Merton, Peacemaking, and the Spiritual Life

By John Dear. Orbis Books, 2015. 206 pages. $20/paperback; $16.50/eBook. The centenary year of Thomas Merton’s birth in 1915 is…

Reviewed by William Shetter

November 2015 Books

Friends Journal Reviewer Survey

Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all-time favorite books for Quakers.

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April 2016 Books

Intimacy with God: Real Life Stories from What Canst Thou Say?

Edited by Mariellen Gilpin, Earl Smith, and Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca, 2015. 181 pages. $20/paperback. $9.99/eBook. What Canst…

Reviewed by William Shetter

June/July 2016 Books

Of Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom

Edited by Charles Ringma and Irene Alexander. Cascade Books, 2015. 440 pages. $48/paperback or eBook. Since this book offers a…

Reviewed by William Shetter

October 2016 Books

The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction

By Adam S. McHugh. IVP Books, 2015. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. For McHugh the act of listening, in its broadest sense of…

Reviewed by William Shetter

November 2017 Books

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

By Krista Tippett. Penguin Press, 2016. 288 pages. $28/hardcover; $17/paperback; $12.99/eBook. “I’m a person who listens for a living. .…

Reviewed by William Shetter

March 2018 Books

Holistic Islam: Sufism, Transformation, and the Challenge of Our Time

By Kabir Helminski. White Cloud Press, 2017. 140 pages. $14.95/Paperback; $13.99/eBook. Kabir Edmund Helminski is a well-known American writer on…

Reviewed by William Shetter

April 2018 Books

Heart of Oneness: A Little Book of Connection

By Jennifer Kavanagh. Christian Alternative Books, 2017. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. This meditation by a British Quaker may be modest…

Reviewed by William Shetter

January 2019 Books

God-Soaked Life: Discovering a Kingdom Spirituality

By Chris Webb. InterVarsity Press, 2017. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. On the back cover of the book, the author, a…

Reviewed by William Shetter

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