Quaker Voice

Travels on a Great Circle: Religion without God

david — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:06:03 +0000

By David Thomas New South Wales Regional Meeting “Religion without God” was the arresting title of an article I saw as I recently flipped through an edition of The New York Review of Books. My flipping stopped abruptly when I saw the name of the author – Ronald Dworkin. That was even more arresting; although [...]

No alternative to atmospheric CO2 draw-down

david — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:56:16 +0000

Andrew Glikson Earth and Paleoclimate Science Australian National University The current atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level is already triggering amplifying feedbacks from the Earth system. Consequently, efforts at reducing atmospheric CO2 emissions are no longer sufficient in themselves to prevent further global warming. For this reason, along with sharp reductions in carbon emissions, efforts are [...]

6th World Conference of Friends Epistle

Admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:30:55 +0000

To Friends Everywhere, We greet you amid the beauty of the Rift Valley, surrounded by the welcoming embrace of Kenyan Friends. From April 17 to 25, 2012 close to 850 men and women from all the streams of Friends, coming from 112 yearly meetings and groups in 51 countries have gathered at Kabarak University near [...]

Quaker Voice in Kenya

ian — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:54:05 +0000

Quaker Voice founder, John Michaelis, will lead an interest group at World Conference of Friends in Kenya (17-25 April 2012). John will present Quaker Voice as a new online Friends publication with an international focus; as a place for Friends to publish and read news written with a Quaker lens; a place for Friends across [...]

Using AVP for Other Goals

John Michaelis — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:39:59 +0000

By David Zarembka, Coordinator, African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams (USA) and Chairman, Friends Church Peace Teams’ (Kenya) Counselling Coordinating Committee The Friends Church Peace Teams (FCPT) has an ambitious goal for the 2012 Kenyan election: To have no election violence in Turbo Division which had been a violent hot-spot during [...]

Quaker Voice

ian — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:41:19 +0000

Quaker Voice is a Quaker journal without borders to enable Friends around the world to share news and information globally and to serve as a platform for Quaker organisations. Quaker Voice also provides the opportunity for Quakers and like-minded writers around the world – many of whom are located in trouble spots, to publish news [...]