Tag Archives | war

Why I Identify as Quaker

By Kurt H. Parkum on April 1, 2020

The question is not if God exists, but what is the nature of God.

Kurt H. Parkum lives in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Posted in: The State of Quaker Institutions, Viewpoint

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Forum, April 2020

By Staff on April 1, 2020

Letters from our readers.

Posted in: Forum, The State of Quaker Institutions

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Interview with Jessica Metheringham, creator of Disarm the Base

By Gail Whiffen on April 1, 2020

We talk with the Quaker creator of a new antiwar, direct action board game.

Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Interview, The State of Quaker Institutions

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Among Friends: Drugs, Brokenness, Violence, and Sin

By Martin Kelley on January 1, 2020

Our introduction to the January Issue.

Martin Kelley is Senior Editor. [email protected]

Posted in: Among Friends, Drugs

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Confronting the Challenge of Drugs

By Eric E. Sterling on January 1, 2020

How can we respond to the catastrophes brought on by the war on drugs?

Eric E. Sterling is executive director of Criminal Justice Policy Foundation in Silver Spring, Md. He is co-clerk of the Ministry and Worship Committee of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and a graduate of Haverford College.

Posted in: Drugs, Features

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Roger Darlington Way

By Staff on January 1, 2020

Way—Roger Darlington Way, 100, on June 2, 2019, in Foxdale Village, State College, Pa. Roger was born on November 7, […]

Posted in: Drugs, Milestones

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When Spring Comes to the DMZ

By Reviewed by Julia Copeland on December 1, 2019

By Uk‐Bae Lee, translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won. Plough Publishing House, 2019. 40 pages. $17.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages […]

Julia Copeland is the school librarian at Greene Street Friends School in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa. She has spent the last three years growing the school library collection to reflect the diversity of the school community and the world we live in.

Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Kids

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Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church Returns to Gospel Nonviolence

By Reviewed by Steve Chase on October 1, 2019

Edited by Marie Dennis. Orbis Books, 2018. 272 pages. $25/paperback; $20.50/eBook.

Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and the manager of Academic Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC).
An earlier version of this review was published in the September 2019 issue of International Journal on World Peace.

Posted in: Friends in Africa, October 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Why I Am a Pacifist

By Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams on September 1, 2019

By Tim Gee. Christian Alternative Books, 2019. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. If the pilgrim’s path is never easy, how does […]

Jerry Mizell Williams is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2019, September 2019 Books

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