Quaker Universalist Voice

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Topic: Review

Full Quaker Voice: Women

A Book Review of Jane Donawerth and Rebecca Lush eds., Margaret Fell: Women’s Speaking Justified and Other Pamphlets (2019)

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

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Animal Status

A Book Review of Frans deWaal, Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves (2019)

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

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Scripture Translation 2

A Book Review of John Goldingay, First Testament: A New Translation (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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Timefulness in Time

A Book Review of Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World (2018)

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

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More than One Religion?

A Book Review of Duane Bidwell, When One Religion Isn’t Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (2018)

D. Bidwell, When One Religion Isn’t Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (2018) is unexpected and valuable for counselors, and…

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Hard Grieving

A Book Review of P. Boss, Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (1990)

P. Boss, Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (1990) is a series of stories, with comments, of families in distress and…

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Afterlife

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife (2020) by Bart D. Ehrman - A Book Review

B. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife , clarifies the obscure history of our cultural education about the afterlife. …

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