Two writers in this issue (pages 10 and 11) explore the space required for a stilled mind, something that Quakers aim for in their Meetings for Worship. One looks at Buddhist…
It’s the oldest and thorniest theological problem: how can God be both all-powerful and all-loving, since if he cannot prevent a natural disaster like Haiti he can’t be…
Some readers of the Friend will have heard the two BBC Radio 4 programmes in which Melanie Phillips recently explored the effect that the welfare state has had in what came to be…
The introduction of an amendment to the UK Equality Bill provides an opportunity for Quakers to show our support for same sex marriage. We should not squander it. The amendment,…
Come and share with me four different scenarios. In the first I’m at a seminar, here by invitation because the subject is relevant to our research interests. As we proceed…
With the next general election set to be the first in which poverty and what to do about it is a matter of open disagreement between the political parties, the New Policy…
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