Publications
Welcome to our extensive library of Quaker publications — a rich resource you can explore by filtering for Language, Main Topic, Sub-topic, Tags, Author Country, and Publication Year. Simply choose your search terms and click Apply to see the results; then use View to learn more about a publication or Download (PDF) to save it.
| Title | Summary | Main topic | Sub-topic | Keywords | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nourishing the Spiritual Life: Finding Companionship | Friend from Ohio Valley YM offers insights into the meaning of community, including respecting difference while we look for commonalities between people. | Witness | Community | Community, Faith, Spirituality, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Quakers Working Together for Peace and Reconciliation in the Africa Great Lakes Region | Writings by three Quaker women on peace & reconciliation efforts in Burundi & Rwanda following the 1990s genocides. | Witness | Peace | Africa, Peace | Download (PDF) View |
| God’s Presence in Trauma | Article from Quaker Life. Friends pastor from Indiana YM who works with prisoners describes when her home was invaded by an escaped prisoner and how she stayed spiritually centered. | Faith, Witness | Peace, Spiritual Journey | Faith, Peace, Prison, Spiritual Journey, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| William Penn and the Poetry of Sorrow | An essay on grief as expressed by Penn. Written by a Friend who was chosen to become the tutor of the crown prince of Japan, the now-emperor Akihito. | Faith | Beliefs | death, dying, Early Friends, Poetry, William Penn | Download (PDF) View |
| Connected to the Vine | Talk given at World Gathering of Young Friends in Britain in 2005; African-American Friend describes her spiritual journey through several different types of Christianity to end up as a Friend in Philadelphia YM. | Faith | Spiritual Journey | Bible, Faith, Race, Spiritual Journey, youth | Download (PDF) View |
| Teach Me Your Way, Oh Lord | Bible study presented at Sunday morning worship at the 21st Triennial of FWCC in New Zealand; looking for lessons in the Bible on how to be faithful witnesses to our faith in the 21st century. | Faith | Prayer | Faithfulness, Scripture | Download (PDF) View |
| Instruments of Peace and Love in the Hands of God | Chapter from book "Walk Worthy of Your Calling." Cuban pastor's short history of what life was like in Cuba YM in the 1960s and 70s and how he came to the ministry. | Faith | Spiritual Journey | History, Latin America, Spiritual Journey | Download (PDF) View |
| Being Faithful Witnesses to our Friends Peace Testimony: Serving God in a Changing World | Panel presentation from 21st Triennial of FWCC in New Zealand in 2004: Friends from three different countries talk about working for peace and justice in their countries and the world. | Witness | Peace | Africa, Australia, Peace, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
| Learning to Learn: The Journey of a Cross-Cultural Public Friend | Chapter from book "Walk Worthy of Your Calling." Friend from Northwest Y.M. describes her missionary work in Bolivia, with vivid descriptions of initial culture shock and slowly getting to feel at home. | Faith | Spiritual Journey | Faith, Latin America, Spiritual Journey, World Family of Friends | Download (PDF) View |
| A Quaker Declaration of War | Adaptation of talk given at Illinois YM in July, 2003; Quaker peace worker urges Friends to speak out more strongly for justice and peace in the world. | Witness | Peace | Early Friends, Peace, Witness | Download (PDF) View |
