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Beyond the Edge in Reality

The book, Martin Hagglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom (2019) can be read as a meditation on the spiritual tradition of…


Universal Philosophy

A. C. Grayling, The History of Philosophy  (2019) is a monumental effort, not just for its size of 600 pages, but it is the first book…


Quakers in Revolutionary Times

The title of Richard Godbeer, World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Quaker Family’s Journey Through the American Revolution (2019) reads a bit…


Full Quaker Voice: Women

The authors and editors, Jane Donawerth and Rebecca Lush, in  Margaret Fell: Women’s Speaking Justified and Other Pamphlets (2019) seeks to…


Insight for Nations and Us

Jared Diamond, Upheaval (2019) offers a guidance model for nations based on the experience of individuals in dealing with intractable…


Animal Status

In the new book, Frans deWaal, Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves (2019), the author seeks…


Scripture Translation 2

Translation is not an easy task.  Translation of documents that have been sacralized as scriptures with a long tradition and necessary for liturgical use is a much harder task. … …


First Testament Scripture Translation 1

Translation is not an easy task.  Translation of documents that have been sacralized as scriptures with a long tradition and necessary for liturgical use is a much harder task. … …


Timefulness in Time

This is a book about the benefits of a rich understanding of the span of time.  The author of M. Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World