Quaker Peace & Social WitnessCritiques

See also Zak Goldsmith The Constant Economy @18B

Shelved in Slim Books section at 17A

10 Friends describe their own journeys with their testimony to peace. Compiled from presentations to accompany a series of seminars in 2001 on the Quaker Peace Testimony, these simple stories of struggle and of hope vividly illustrate Friends’ contemporary peace Witness

There can be few social policy innovations in recent times which have so tested Friends as the National Lottery. On the one hand, the longstanding Quaker opposition to gambling makes most, if not all of us uncomfortable about the whole business. On the other hand, may Friends are involved in a range of social projects have stod to gain much-needed funds from the Lottery

This book explores some of those dilemmas and seeks ways to balance Quaker Testimony against gambling with the benefits of the National Lottery funding ‘good causes’

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