by David Swain | 1 Dec, 2019
Richard Dawkins is undoubtedly one of the great science communicators of our age. Starting with The Selfish Gene in 1976, he has produced a veritable library of books describing evolution in a range of vivid metaphors. Unfortunately along the way he inevitably...
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,...
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