Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting

Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

New Books in Our Library

by | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon's Search for Salvation, by Daniel Silliman

  • A biography considering Nixon’s spiritual life after he was brought up as a Quaker

Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh, by Richard Brady

  • An account of lay mindfulness practitioner Brady’s following in the footsteps of the world-renowned Zen master  

Thirty-three  Ways Seven Faiths Agree with the Quakers, by Thomas Wolfe and others

  • How  several world religions’ holy writings harmonize with Quaker thought

Zen at the End of Religion: An Introduction for the Curious, the Skeptical, and the Spiritual But Not Religious, by James Ishmael Ford

  • Thoughts from a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and Zen Buddhist priest  

Currently featured in the library:

by | Jun 22, 2014 | Adult Spiritual Education, History - Quaker, Library

The Library Committee plans to feature periodically books that may be of particular interest to Friends. Currently featured are two books about Margaret Fell:

Undaunted Zeal:  The Letters of Margaret Fell,  editor and introduction by Elsa F. Glines

Margaret Fell and The End of Time:  The Theology of Modern Quakerism , Sally Bruyneel

They are located along the board with Quaker magazines and other items of interest.