BROOKS, Maine — No matter how plain the walls or how austere the furnishings of the Harvest Home Grange on Route 7 in Brooks, there is something special about the place. It could be the quality of ...

Most people know that Quakers believe in non-violence and tend to be pacifists, and many Quakers take active stands against wars and aggression. But Quakers around the world are part of many different ...

Quakers around the world share a radical conviction that we can all be everyday mystics – and at the same time, we can participate in prophetic action. Each person is equal before the Divine. The ...

LIBRARIANS, COLLECTORS and preservers of the written word since Aristotle have their own obsessions, even as they serve ours-papyrus scrolls, 18th-century pleasure parks, penny dreadfuls. The list is ...

This is all too symptomatic of modern Quakers–even those Friends self-consciously trying to reassert their Quaker identity. Yount describes a largely nonexistent Quakerism because he mistakes his ...

Editor’s note: Leila Pitchford-English recently visited Pennsylvania. This column is one of several about sites she visited. After leaving Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, you ...