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The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century

By Peniel E. Joseph. Basic Books, 2022. 288 pages. $27/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. This book was very different from Peniel Joseph’s earlier…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

Befriending the Prophets

By Howard R. Macy. Barclay Press, 2023. 76 pages. $16/paperback. In his brief book Befriending the Prophets, Howard Macy, a…

Reviewed by Max L. Carter

Quaker Testimony: What We Witness to the World

By Paul Buckley. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 481), 2023. 34 pages. $7.50/paperback or eBook. “So you want to learn more…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

I Pour, I Drink

The dedicated stewardship of a nontheist.

Mary Gilbert

Sparrow’s Prayer AND When I Talk to God, I Talk About You

By Roger Hutchison, illustrated by Ag Jatkowska. Beaming Books, 2023. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $16.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. By Chrissy…

Reviewed by James Foritano

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778

By Norman E. Donoghue II. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023. 288 pages. $44.95/hardcover; $35.99/eBook. Societal pressures caused by war…

Reviewed by Cameron McWhirter

We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel AND Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?: Redefinition and the Myth of the “Collective Jew”

By Eric Alterman. Basic Books, 2022. 512 pages. $35/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. By Antony Lerman. Pluto Press, 2022. 336 pages. $23.95/paperback; $14.95/eBook.…

Reviewed by Steve Chase

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

Edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, and Michael Merryman-Lotze. Haymarket Books, 2022. 280 pages. $45/hardcover; $24.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. A plaque in…

Reviewed by Max L. Carter

The Ecumenical and Interfaith Spirit of Kenyan Quakers

Engaging in national interfaith work while remaining true to Quaker life.

George Busolo Lukalo

Quakerism and Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are

One of the joys of being part of FWCC is to be immersed in the ways that Quakerism is expressed in different parts of the world.

Tim Gee