Guest Post by Mark D. Schwartz [NOTE: Submitted as a comment, I thought this piece merited wider discussion. The views expressed here are his own, but I welcome their articulation.] We’re Used to Politicians Stealing from Us. Now They are Killing Us: So, Where is the Outrage of the 1960s? Starting college in the early … Continue reading Politicians Just used to Steal from Us. Now They’re Killing Us Too
May 4, 2026 is the 56th anniversary of the killings of four Kent State University students by Ohio National Guard troops during an anti-Vietnam war protest. Several years ago, on a balmy spring Sunday, I was able to visit & pay respects at Kent State, not far from Cleveland, with my good friend Henry Bloom, … Continue reading Kent State – May 4, 1970: Part One
April 30, 2026, was Annie Dillard’s birthday. I meant to re-post this piece about her last week, but, as so often, got distracted. No matter. She and her work are just as notable today. Among the many eminent authors who interest me, she might be the one I would most like to be email & … Continue reading Annie Dillard’s Birthday: Renegade Writer & Creekside Theologian
Doug Gwyn has been a frequent contributor to Quaker Theology. Our readers have known him as a theological historian, who has written in depth about early Friends, as well as recent American Quakers. Of the books, I’d pick as his masterwork, Personality and Place (our review is here), which he calls a theological history of … Continue reading Doug Gwyn: Theologian and — Quaker Theological Folksinger ? Yes! (UPDATED)
In a time of all-encompassing catastrophe, bad news comes at us from all directions. But insight can come from anywhere as well. There’s much of this in an editorial in the April 17-30 issue of the liberal Catholic paper, the National Catholic Reporter, (NCR) entitled “Catholics and Trump, a reckoning.” I believe it calls for … Continue reading A Catholic Reckoning? How about an Evangelical Quaker Reckoning?