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The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640–1650
By John Rees. Verso, 2016. 512 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Some Friends hold that the first generation of Quakers belong […]
Brian Drayton worships with the new Souhegan Meeting in Wilton, N.H., allowed by Weare (N.H.) Meeting.
Posted in: Meetings and Money, October 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Interview with Friends Journal’s Assistant Book Review Editor
We talk with the editor of our children’s book reviews.
Eileen Redden is a retired school counselor and teacher, and a member of Camden (Del.) Meeting. More recently she’s been attending a worship group at Cadbury Senior Living in Lewes, Del. She has served as the volunteer assistant book review editor of Friends Journal since 2008. To contact Eileen about becoming a reviewer, email [email protected].
This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the print magazine.
Posted in: Interviews, Quaker Libraries
The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy
By Michael McCarthy. New York Review Books, 2016. 273 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. “People from a planet without flowers would think […]
Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting. She currently serves as clerk of New England Yearly Meeting’s Earthcare Ministry Committee and is author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith.
Posted in: June/July 2017 Books, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
A Year of Borrowed Men
By Michelle Barker, illustrated by Renne Benoit. Pajama Press, 2015. 40 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 6–9. As a child […]
Margaret Crompton (Britain Yearly Meeting) is a writer and lecturer whose publications include Pendle Hill Pamphlet #419 Nurturing Children’s Spiritual Well-being.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Summers, Young Friends Bookshelf
News, April 2016
News from the world of Friends.
Posted in: News, Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training
Voices from a Trunk: The Lost Lives of the Quaker Eddisons, 1805–1867
By Sara Woodall. Blackthorn Press, 2014. 260 pages. $9.99/eBook. UPDATE, August 2016: Voices from a Trunk is now available in […]
Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, March 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
The Great Election of 1733
An election 283 years ago paved the way for religious freedom in America.
David Osborn is the site manager of Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site in Mount Vernon, N.Y. A version of the first part of this article appeared on the National Park Service’s website in 2007; it is reprinted here with permission from Saint Paul’s Church.
Posted in: History, January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process
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April 2019
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