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An interview with David Harrington Watt

By Aliyah Shanti on February 1, 2018

Friends Journal catches up with Haverford College鈥檚 new professor of Quaker studies.

Aliyah Shanti is the temporary assistant editor at Friends Journal. She lives in Philadelphia and is a member of Olympia (Wash.) Meeting.

Posted in: February 2018, Interviews
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Co鈥恈urricular Learning in the Quaker and Special Collections

By Mary Crauderueff on November 1, 2017

A look behind the scenes at Haverford Library Quaker and Special Collections.

Mary Crauderueff is the curator of the Quaker Collections at Haverford College. She grew up as a member at Radnor (Pa.) Meeting, and currently attends Germantown Mennonite Church in Philadelphia. She loves hiking in the Wissahickon, drinking espresso, and working toward decolonizing the archives field in theory and practice.

Posted in: Online Features, Quaker Libraries
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A Mysticism for Our Time

By L. Roger Owens on September 1, 2017

Rediscovering the spiritual writings of Thomas R. Kelly.

L. Roger Owens teaches spirituality and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and is the author of What We Need Is Here: Practicing the Heart of Christian Spirituality.

Posted in: Features, September 2017
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Forum May 2017

By Staff on May 1, 2017

Letters from our readers remember Henry Cadbury; a meeting with Joyce Ajlouny, shifting racial labels and accountability, a request for [鈥

Posted in: Forum, Quaker Summers
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AFSC鈥檚 Centennial: April full issue access

By Staff on April 1, 2017

Members can download full PDF or read any article online.

Posted in: 2017
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Henry Cadbury, AFSC, and Haverford College

By David Harrington Watt and James Krippner on April 1, 2017

Even 1918 Quakers were a complicated mix of prophetic and pragmatic.

James Krippner has been teaching at Haverford College since 1992. David Harrington Watt will begin teaching there in the fall of this year. They would both like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance they received from the staff of Haverford College鈥檚 library, Krista Oldham in particular, while researching this article.

Posted in: AFSC Centennial, Features
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We Answered with Love: Pacifist Service in World War I

By Reviewed by Beth Taylor on April 1, 2017

Edited by Nancy Learned Haines. Pleasant Green Books, 2016. 412 pages. $19.95/paperback. In 1917 Mary Peabody and Leslie Hotson were [鈥

Beth Taylor is a member of Westerly (R.I.) Meeting and is the co-director of the Nonfiction Writing Program at Brown University and the author of The Plain Language of Love and Loss: A Quaker Memoir.

Posted in: AFSC Centennial, April 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Lois Virginia Plumb Stanton

By Staff on November 1, 2016

Stanton鈥擫ois Virginia Plumb Stanton, 93, on July 26, 2016, in Wallingford, Pa. Lois was born on August 14, 1922, in [鈥

Posted in: Milestones, Quakers and Social Media
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Courtney Parker Siceloff

By Staff on April 1, 2016

Siceloff鈥擟ourtney Parker Siceloff, 92, on January 28, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Courtney was born on January 4, 1922, in Bartlett, [鈥

Posted in: Milestones, Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training
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In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine

By Reviewed by Hina Fathima on March 1, 2016

By Nora Barrows鈥怓riedman. Just World Books, 2014. 274 pages. $20.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. My political education about Palestine began through my friends, [鈥

Hina Fathima worked as an editorial assistant at Friends Journal in 2014. She graduated in 2015 from Haverford College, where she studied political science. She is interested in journalism and currently lives and works in Philadelphia as a freelance photographer.

Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, March 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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