The case against two Quakers who boycotted last year’s census because it was run by an arms company has been dramatically dropped by prosecutors. John Marjoram of Stroud…
Baron Shutt of Greetland, the only Quaker in the government, has stepped down as Liberal Democrat chief whip in the upper chamber of Parliament on reaching the age of seventy.
Quakers have been urged to give a few pounds to make the case for equality in an innovative way. The Spirit Level, a book that shows ‘why more equal societies almost always do…
Friends in Bristol have backed a plan to address ‘an epidemic of homelessness fuelled by housing benefit cuts’.
The ‘real legacy’ of the London 2012 Olympics, according to groups campaigning on the ethics of the Games, could be militarism and a reduction in civil liberties.
Dutch Quakers are preparing to move beyond discussion of ‘just war’ with a weekend focused on ‘just peace’. This is the theme of Netherlands Yearly Meeting (NYM), taking…
Quakers and other peace activists have expressed their sadness at the death of Walter Wink, a leading Christian theologian and advocate of active nonviolence. He died on 10 May at…
A year-long part-time course for young adult Quakers will run for the first time from August 2012. The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, who have launched the scheme,…
A strong Quaker presence is anticipated next Tuesday at noon in Tavistock Square, London, to mark International Conscientious Objectors Day.
People in Palestine are about to receive a new form of international solidarity – through the power of song. Singer-songwriter Penny Stone, who attends Quaker Meetings in…
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Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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