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Warren Francis Riner

By Staff on February 1, 2018

Riner— Warren Francis Riner, 96, on September 16, 2017, in Claremont, Calif. Warren was born on April 3, 1921, on […]

Posted in: February 2018, Milestones
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Not from Here: A Memoir

By Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt on January 1, 2017

By Allan G. Johnson. Temple University Press, 2015. 171 pages. $24.50/hardcover or eBook. When Allan Johnson asked his dying father […]

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 the author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith.

Posted in: January 2017 Books, January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace
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Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right—and How We Can, Too

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on November 1, 2016

By George Lakey. Melville House, 2016. 304 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $15.99/eBook. If the title of this book conjures up an image […]

Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

Posted in: November 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Social Media
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Constitution Day in Fjelhamar, Norway, May 17, 2014.

Equality among Today’s Vikings

By George Lakey on September 1, 2016

Quaker testimonies don’t have to be compromised in politics.

George Lakey’s research for his new book Viking Economics (available from QuakerBooks) was supported by Swarthmore College during his seven years there as professor. He cofounded Earth Quaker Action Team (eqat.org) whose new campaign unites concerns for racial, economic, and climate justice. His column on Wagingnonviolence.org is “Living Revolution.”

Posted in: Features, September 2016
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