Quaker Universalist Voice

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Topic: Reparations

First Testament Scripture Translation 1

A Book Review of Samuel Bray and John Hobbins, Genesis 1-11: A New Old Translation for Readers, Scholars, and Translators (2018)

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. … …

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Quaker Embrace of Slavery

Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World, (2018) by Katharine Gerbner

Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World by K. Gerbner tells us the story as the book’s title reads.  It is a clear, candid, full, and, as yet, uncontested, account of a history that includes…

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