Jackson Bailey, the artist behind the largest painting of the largest Life of Christ in the world. “Priscilla always treated me all right. I can’t speak for the rest of the world.”

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Fleecing The Faithful

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How Religious Con Artists Stole $35 Million Dollars from Quakers, Nazarenes and Other Churches And How They’ll Steal From You If You Let Them

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Quakers & the Underground Railroad: Humility Time

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. . . a great many whites exaggerated or invented their Underground Railroad support after the Civil War, and actual white URR activists were often valiant, but relatively few in number and were marginalized & vilified by both respectable folk & dangerous mobs. Further, contrary to common Quaker legend, this marginalization was especially strong among Friends: the Quaker Establishment in all the branches was dead-set against it, visible supporters were often disowned or sidelined, and only after slavery was safely outlawed did a URR "pedigree" suddenly become widely fashionable among Quakers. Yes, there were Quaker heroes of the URR. But . . . […]

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“And to put ourselves into the proper frame of mind for these times of retreat,” Dr. King concluded, “we have always made it our practice that for the first two days we are in jail, we will fast.” So there it was, finally. As I say, these were not his exact words, but the cadence and content are all there. In any case, when the trusty heard the word “fast,” his mouth dropped open. Mine did, too. The trusty frowned more deeply, and turned his head slightly, as if he was working up to ask a question, perhaps something like, “Say what?” Dr. King headed him off. “And that, my friend, is why I very much appreciate the effort you’ve gone to,” he said, “but I’m afraid I am unable to eat your greens.” “You mean – ?” croaked the trusty. Much of the rest of the disquisition may have gone over his head, but this last was sinking in. Dr. King nodded. The trusty looked genuinely confused.”You mean,’ he repeated, “you can’t – ?” Now Dr. King shook his head slowly. The trusty looked at Abernathy, who had moved to Dr. King’s elbow. He smiled apologetically, but shook his head also. The trusty blinked and turned toward the other staffer, who had hung back silently through this whole exchange. His head shook too. The trusty stood there for a moment, without a clue as to what to do next. And then, he looked at me. […]

Booklist -- Chuck Fager

January 22, 2015

You want fiction? Got it. Non-fiction? Got history, theology, Quakers, Bible study, peace & war, civil rights, a lot of jokes, and some other stuff that slips my mind right now. […]

Recent Books by Chuck Fager: Click a book for ordering information

. . .widely recognized as the most vivid and accurate account of the Selma movement . . .

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. . . vivid, revealing first-person counterpart to the author's highly-praised historical account, Selma 1965 . . .

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Examines the strategy & tactics, successes & failures, history & future of faith-based work to end war, and to dismantle militarism and the repression it has spawned.