Category Archives: Quaker Theology

Coming June 19, “Tell It Slant”: The Author Speaks

A Preview “A life generously served on wry with plenty of mustard and no cheese, Emma Lapsansky-Werner’s compilation with Chuck Fager on his eighty years captures his unique synthesis of investigative journalism with religious concern, activist engagement with theological reflection, Quaker identity with wide-ranging, empathetic identifications. Chuck’s story traces an engaging trajectory through our era, … Continue reading Coming June 19, “Tell It Slant”: The Author Speaks

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Announcing: A Very Special Quaker Publishing Award

For years, I’ve been loudly protesting the sky-high, exclusionary prices on “academic” or “scholarly” books and monographs.  The particular focus of my ire has been publications by or about Quakers and Quakerism, though the price-gouging has infected many other fields of study. Today I want to recognize and celebrate a successful challenge to this uber-inflationary … Continue reading Announcing: A Very Special Quaker Publishing Award

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Filling in a Big Hole in Quaker History Writing, But not very accessible – UPDATE!

[UPDATED] The Quaker decades after the big Separation in 1827 are not well recorded and explained by Quaker historians. The silence is especially loud on the “liberal” and Hicksite side. This new book takes an important step toward opening up that “closed” history. While its price is typically exorbitant ($50 for paperback; $118 hardcover, no … Continue reading Filling in a Big Hole in Quaker History Writing, But not very accessible – UPDATE!

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