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After examining the history of Friends’ corporate witness on use of alcoholic beverages, which for the most part produced a call for total abstinence, the author argues that Friends should reexamine and reclaim this testimony.

After a summary examination of Quaker marriage practices and procedures, this essay traces the evolution of a minute on same-sex marriage in Putney, Vermont Meeting, and the marriage of two men under the meeting’s care.

This essay renews the debate about the futility of deterrence in a post-Cold War era by introducing, as a spiritual problem, the idea of nuclear addiction and how to get out of it. By John Tallmadge Pendle Hill Pamphlet #300

This essay explores the spiritual dimension of a unique Quaker peacemaking project called The Human Experience, an anthology of contemporary poetry and fiction of Russia and the United States that was jointly edited and published in both countries.

The author, inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s walking and breathing meditations, combines “seed-verses” from Quaker and Biblical writings with exercises for meditative walking.

A literary scholar considers the paradoxical relationship of silence and words in Quaker worship, drawing on the work of E. M. Forster, Samuel Beckett, and classical Greek writers for insight.

Thoughtful presentations on these ancient biblical texts bring the wisdom of the ages into our present-day experiences. By George Peck Pendle Hill Pamphlet #298

A naturalist and astronomer writes of a “knowing of God” which comes from his mystical experiences of nature.