Civil War

Quaker Author Podcast

Lynette Love: Education and Empowerment in Post-Civil War America

Lynette Love's article, “Led by God to Help Educate Freedmen,” appears in the August 2025 issue. Martin Kelley
Online Features

The Spirit of Christ and Our Historic Peace Testimony

Our Testimony against Outward Weapons and Just War Theory. David Hadley Finke

Catherine Balderston Jones Gaskill

Gaskill—Catherine Balderston Jones Gaskill, 90, of John Knox Village, Orange City, Fla., on July 27, 2017. Cathy was born on…

End Slavery for All

Viewpoint.

Forum: June/July 2016

A resource for Quakers to connect Your feature “Quaker Works” (FJ Apr.) serves a very current need. In their reorganizations,…

Finding a Third Way with Veterans

The August 2015 Viewpoint
Features

Saving Isaac: Religion, War, and the Lives of Our Children

Religion, war, and the lives of our children. John A. Minahan

Gun Violence, Quakers, and the Presidential Election

As Quakers, how do we respond to the continuous news about gun violence? How do we show that peace is…
Book Club

Book Reviews: April 2012

Bob Dockhorn on Carol Faulkner’s Lucretia Mott’s Heresy, Tom Hamm on Elizabeth Taylor Stirredge’s Strength in Weakness Manifest, and more… Staff

Time to Lay Down William Penn’s Sword

The story of William Penn and his sword is deeply embedded in Quaker mythology; so deeply, it seems, that it…