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Greater Racial Diversity Requires Greater Theological Diversity

By Adria Gulizia on January 1, 2019

The early Friends have much in common with today鈥檚 Black Americans.

Adria Gulizia is an attorney and member of Chatham-Summit Meeting in Chatham Township, N.J., and of the Friends of Jesus Fellowship. She enjoys helping Friends connect to our Quaker heritage, as well as exploring how God is moving within and among us. Adria blogs at shadowofbabylon.com.

Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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Primitive Christianity Revived and Primitive Quakerism Revived

By Reviewed by Max L. Carter on November 1, 2018

Primitive Christianity Revived. By William Penn, translated into modern English by Paul Buckley. Inner Light Books, 2018. 115 pages. $25/hardcover; [鈥

Max L. Carter is a retired educator, having served five different Quaker secondary schools and colleges in a 45-year career.

Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, November 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Writing Opp: Quakers and Christianity (due 9/17)

By Martin Kelley on August 7, 2018

It鈥檚 a series of questions that has dogged Friends since we did away with clergy and started calling baptism a [鈥

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
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A Quaker Approach to Living with Dying

By Katherine Jaramillo on August 1, 2017

Does the Quaker way of life have answers to death?

Katherine Jaramillo is a staff chaplain at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Ore. She has worked in healthcare chaplaincy for 20 years. She is a member of Bridge City Meeting in Portland.

Posted in: Online Features, The Art of Dying
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The World Plenary Meeting in Pisac, Peru, January 2016. Photo (c) Vanessa Julye.

The Quaker Family

By Elaine Green on October 1, 2016

Do Friends survive on the world stage because of our wide theological diversity.

Now retired from her professional life in human resources, Elaine Green focuses on Quaker responsibilities. A member of Bury Saint Edmunds Local Meeting, she is currently studying for a postgraduate certificate in Quaker studies through Woodbrooke College (accredited by Lancaster University).

Posted in: Crossing Cultures, Features
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