by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
Animating Freedom: Accompanying Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination, delivered by by Jason MacLeod This Lecture represents the results of a decade of reflection, practice, reading, conversations and walking. Since Jason’s first visit to West Papua in 1991, his...
by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
I was impressed with the enthusiasm with which Yearly Meeting 2019 tackled Earthcare and climate change. I was, however, was somewhat perturbed with the haste with which the Meeting supported the suggestion that future Quaker gatherings be fed only vegetarian or...
by David Swain | 2 Jun, 2019
The 2018 Quaker Lecture (Aotearoa/New Zealand) – Can Religion Speak Truth? – was written and delivered by Elizabeth Duke. Elizabeth has a distinguished ecumenical and Quaker heritage. She was born into an Anglican family but joined the Religious Society of Friends in...
by David Swain | 2 Jun, 2019
Marking 300 years from the death of William Penn is a new biography about his life. William Penn: A Life by Andrew Murphy takes a fresh approach to explore the extraordinary life of the second generation Quaker, William Penn. Seeing a void in the biographical space,...
by David Swain | 3 Mar, 2019
It is hard to imagine a better book than this about the current state of Islam, and what could be done to better its prospects. Husain was in born in London to Muslim immigrants from India. As a teenager, he became a part of international Muslim radicalism, which he...
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