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Vegetarianism in Quaker History

By John Sniegocki on June 1, 2019

Food ethics has long been an important part of the tradition of Friends.

John Sniegocki is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he and his family serve as resident caretakers. John teaches religious ethics and directs the Peace and Justice Studies program at Xavier University.

This online version of the June-July 2019 print article includes citations and references.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices

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This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty‐First Century

By Reviewed by Steve Chase on March 1, 2017

By Mark Engler and Paul Engler. Nation Books, 2016. 368 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $15.99/eBook. [Buy on Quakerbooks] Toward the end of This […]

Steve Chase is a member of Putney (Vt.) Meeting and the author of Letters to a Fellow Seeker: A Short Introduction to the Quaker Way and Revelation and Revolution: Answering the Call to Radical Faithfulness.

Posted in: March 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Race and Anti-Racism

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Popular Protest in Palestine: The Uncertain Future of Unarmed Resistance

By Reviewed by Richard Taylor on November 1, 2016

By Marwan Darweish and Andrew Rigby. Pluto Press, 2015. 211 pages. $28/paperback; $21.99/eBook. As a Quaker who believes in both […]

Richard Taylor is a member of Germantown Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and is active in the meeting’s task force on ending mass incarceration. Dick is also developing a website designed to encourage Christian preachers to avoid anti-Judaism in their sermons and in the church’s readings from the New Testament.

Posted in: November 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Social Media

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The Billboard

By Andrew Glazier on June 1, 2016

A hand‐painted sign along a highway starts a slow path to Friends.

Andrew Glazier is a nursery manager growing native California plants for restoration projects and has written for various gardening publications. He attended Visalia (Calif.) Meeting for five years before becoming a member.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2016: Almost Quaker

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