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A Cautious Hope

By Martin Kelley on January 1, 2019

An introduction to the January 2019 issue, ā€œA Racially Diverse Society of Friends?ā€

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal:Ā [email protected]

Posted in: Among Friends, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

By Reviewed by Zae Asa Illo on January 1, 2019

By Frances FitzGerald. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 752 pages. $35/hardcover; $20/paperback; $14.99/eBook. Frances FitzGerald offers a spectacular sweep of the [ā€¦]

Zae Asa Illo (formerly David Breitzmann) is a member of San Francisco (Calif.) Meeting. He has a nearly two-year standing anchor committee and has been engaged in street preaching for several months. He is also working on releasing a collection of poetry, launching a new social enterprise, and applying to seminary in 2020.

Posted in: January 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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Writing Opp: A Racially Diverse Society of Friends? (Due October 15)

By Martin Kelley on September 21, 2018

For many Friends in the Friends Journal audience, there are few topics more fraught than race and racism. We look [ā€¦]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
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Quaker Bestsellers 2017

By Staff on September 1, 2017

The top ten bestā€selling books from the 2017 FGC Gathering.

Source: QuakerBooks & More of FGC

Posted in: Features, September 2017, September 2017 Books
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Quaker Bestsellers 2016

By Quakerbooks of FGC on September 1, 2016

The top ten bestā€selling books from the 2016 FGC Gathering.

Posted in: September 2016
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The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and Religious Enthusiasm in Revolutionary America

By Reviewed by Paul Buckley on June 1, 2016

By Paul B. Moyer. Cornell University Press, 2015. 272 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $24.95/eBook. On November 29, 1752, a daughter was born [ā€¦]

Paul Buckley is a Quaker historian, theologian, and author of The Essential Elias Hicks.

Posted in: 2016, June/July 2016 Books, June/July 2016: Almost Quaker, Quaker Book Reviews
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The Invention of Wings

By Reviewed by Wesley Mason on November 1, 2015

By Sue Monk Kidd. Viking, 2014. 369 pages. $27.95/hardback; $17/paperback; $12.99/eBook. Buy on FJ Amazon Store The novel The Invention of Wings by Sue [ā€¦]

Wesley Mason is a member of Claremont (Calif.) Meeting.

Posted in: November 2015 Books, November 2015: Books and Pop Culture, Quaker Book Reviews, Uncategorized
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