Tag Archives | William Penn

Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box

By Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson on June 1, 2019

By Angela P. Dodson. Center Street, 2017. 448 pages. $26/hardcover; $15.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The upcoming 2020 centennial of women’s suffrage in […]

Gwen Gosney Erickson is the Quaker librarian and college archivist for the Quaker Archives (formerly known as the Friends Historical Collection) at Guilford College and a member of Friendship Meeting in Greensboro, N.C.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews

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William H. Powell

By Staff on May 1, 2019

Powell—William H. Powell, 70, on September 26, 2017, in Casa Grande, Ariz. Bill was born on January 7, 1947, in […]

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Milestones

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After a Quote by William Penn

By Maggie Hess on March 25, 2019

FJ Poetry: “Have you ever / met somebody / who carries silence / with them…”

Maggie Hess lives in Bristol, Tenn.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Poetry

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March 2019 Full Issue Access

By Staff on March 1, 2019

Friends Journal members can download the full PDF or read any article online.

Posted in: Full Access, Outside the Meetinghouse

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William Penn: A Life

By Reviewed by Cameron McWhirter on March 1, 2019

By Andrew R. Murphy. Oxford University Press, 2018. 488 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $23.99/eBook. The name William Penn evokes an image of […]

Cameron McWhirter is a journalist and the author of Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America. He is a member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting and has served on the board of trustees of Friends Publishing Corporation, publisher of Friends Journal.

Posted in: March 2019 Books, Outside the Meetinghouse, Quaker Book Reviews

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My Favorite Non‐Quaker Quaker, Remembering John C. Bogle

By Signe Wilkinson on January 23, 2019

Perhaps his favorite quote was: “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I […]

Signe Wilkinson is an editorial cartoonist, member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and trustee of Friends Publishing Corporation.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Remembrance

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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; […]

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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Living in Dark Times

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on February 1, 2018

By Rex Ambler. Pendle Hill, 2017. 27 pages. $7/Pamphlet. Reading the title of this pamphlet calls up images of the […]

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

Posted in: February 2018, February 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Membership as Commitment and Belonging

By Marisa Johnson on June 1, 2017

Is membership a pragmatic arrangement or a spiritual experience?

Marisa Johnson has been serving as secretary to Friends World Committee for Consultation Europe and Middle East Section since 2008, and this has given her the opportunity of seeing many forms of Quaker worship and community building. Membership is often a central theme in becoming and maintaining community.

The article is taken from thoughts from an address that Johnson gave to Britain Yearly Meeting Gathering in 2014.

Posted in: June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem, Online Features

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