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The Solace of History: Reflections on Quakers and the Environment

[…] more simple time. And yet, as a student of Quaker history, I know there has been no “simple time.” Some […]

Ellen M. Ross

June/July 2024 Books

Conscription, Conscientious Objection, and Draft Resistance in American History

[…] in a new series from Brill called Studies in Peace History. As he puts it: “The depths of American hostility […]

Reviewed by Robert Levering

June/July 2015 Books

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

[…] to making this argument is to write a lengthy world history in which she tries to place the role of […]

Reviewed by Douglas Bennett

Quaker Author Podcast

Reviving Queer Worship: A Journey Through Time and Community

[…] The Purpose and Benefits of Affinity Groups 04:30 Reconnecting with History and Community 06:50 Creating an Inclusive Space for All […]

Martin Kelley

Quaker Author Podcast

Black Resistance to Quaker Enslavement: Jim Fussell

[…] conversation, Martin Kelley speaks with Jim Fussell about the complex history of Quaker involvement in enslavement and the resistance that […]

Martin Kelley

Features

God Keeps Calling Us to Grow

[…] generalizability. I find this very, very unfortunate. We have a history. We have a set of beliefs laid out in […]

Sharlee DiMenichi

Interview

Eighty Years After Hiroshima, ‘The Mistake’ Comes to the United States

[…] obviously is sort of a unique war in terms of history. From a very early age, I just couldn’t comprehend […]

Sharlee DiMenichi

December 2024 Book Reviews

A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

[…] a starting point for further discussion rather than a standalone history, the book still serves as a valuable tool for […]

Reviewed by Brad Gibson

Forum

Forum, September 2024

[…] ago I read a book review of John L. Ruth’s history from his Mennonite perspective, This Very Ground, This Crooked […]

Staff

Forum

Forum, August 2024

[…] Signe Wilkinson Philadelphia, Pa. I enjoyed this dive into Quaker history as accompanied by divine guidance. However, in starting this […]

Staff