Swarthmore lectures

Mending broken hearts; rebuilding shattered livesQuaker peacebuilding in Eastern Africa. The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture

Swarthmore Lecture 1980. Towards a Quaker Theology. Are Quakers Christian? Is it possible to be both Christian and Universalist? These are just two of the questions which form the starting point for this book.

Are all terroristsreligious fundamantalists? How can pacifists respond to devastating voilence? Those and others challenging questions are at the heart of Paul Lacey's text as he explores Quaker responses to both terror and fundamentalism.

Quaker peace makers and peace making

Tim Newell's 2000 Swarthmore lecture, revised for this 2007 edition, looks at possible Quaker approaches to criminal justice. The book includes insights from Circles of Support and Accountability as well as ideas for study and action.

Ben Pink Dandelion asks rigorous and difficult questions about what it means to be Quaker today within this context. In this important and exciting book we are challenged to consider how we retain an authentic encounter with the Divine,...

Swarthmore Lecture 2015. To say 'yes' to peace we must say a final 'no' to war and join together, heart and soul, in the task of creating peace by peaceful means, speaking with one authentic and passionate voice.