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Quakerism Today

Among Friends

The Changing Nature of Isolation in Quakerism Today

Introduction to our March issue. Gabriel Ehri

Calls to witness, calls to charity

As I write this, I can’t help but note the many powerful world events unfolding in 2011. We have seen… Gabriel Ehri

On Not Becoming Complacent

Like many—if not most—emerging religious movements, Quakerism arose in 17th-century England in a posture of challenging the established authority. This… Robert Dockhorn

The Immorality of Patriotism

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity only as we… Tony White

A Quaker Reconsiders the Draft

When the Universal Military Training and Service Act expired in June 1973, I was overjoyed, like most Friends in the… Larry Ingle

The Meaning of Universalism

I remember when I became a Quaker. I was a teenager, and a Quaker couple, Mary Lee and Lee Comer,… Philip H. Gulley

The Devine Center and Communal Nurture

“You will say, Christ saith this, and the apostles saith this, but what canst thou say? Art thou a child… LynnFitz-Hugh

On The Value Of Conflict

Unresolved conflict can leave a relationship so broken that people are unable to find a way back to one other. George R. Lakey

When Quakers Disagree

Guess what? Quakers have disagreements among themselves and in their monthly meetings for business. Nothing unusual about that— we’re human,… ArthurMeyerBoyd

Should Quakers Support Climate Engineering?

Ethical Decision-Making in Risk Environments The rise of complex technologies has thrown ethical decision making for a loop. The risk… KeithHelmuth

The 2009 Quaker Women’s Conference: Radical Woman – Abiding Love!

In order to hear another’s perspective, one must be an open channel: to the other person’s needs, expressions, to your… PamelaDraper

Nonviolence and Forgiveness in San Quentin Prison

Was he thinking that Jesus spoke of love? Did he remember that the language of love is nonviolence? Maybe he… Christopher Huneke
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