Books: Social and Personal Relationships and Sexuality
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| PRICE (NZ$) | TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.60 | BRIDGES OF RESPECT: CREATING SUPPORT FOR LESBIAN AND GAY YOUTH | Katherine Whitlock | American Friends Service Com, 1989, 107pp | Affirming support for gay & lesbian youth. Education for all. |
| 29.00 | EACH OF US INEVITABLE | Robert Leuze | Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concerns, US, 2003, 245pp Revised ed | Keynote addresses to gatherings in US between 1977-1993: revised and expanded edition |
| 9.50 | SEXUALITY: A Part of Wholeness | Elizabeth Watson | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1990, 28pp | Sexuality, family relations, the Bible, spirituality and Quakers |
| 38.00 | ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE | William F Fisher and Thomas Ponniah | Fernwood Publishing, Canada, 2003,364pp | Popular alternatives to Globalization |
| 13.00 | AWAKENING TO EARTH | Bill Cahalan | Friends Committee on Unity with Nature, US, 2001, 24pp Illus | Natural awareness as a spiritual practice |
| 32.00 | BECOMING A FRIEND TO THE CREATION | Lisa L Gould (Ed) | Friends Committee on Unity With Nature, US, 1994, 130pp Illus | Earthcare for Friends and Friends Meetings |
| 30.00 | BEHIND CLOSED DOORS | Ngaire Thomas | Ngaire Thomas, New Zealand, 2004, 294pp | A now Quaker ex Exclusive Brethren talks of her Brethren Church experiences |
| 20.00 | BEYOND MAJORITY RULE | Michael Sheerman | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, US, 1996, 151pp | History & present usage of vote less decisions by Friends. |
| 11.55 | BRIDGES OF POWER: WOMEN'S MULTICULTURAL ALLIANCES | L. Albrecht & R. Brewer (Eds) | New Society, US, 1990, 244pp | Shows the effect powerful alliances can bring. |
| 39.00 | BROKEN OPEN | Elizabeth Lesser | Rider, London, 2004, 307pp | How difficult times can help us grow |
| 17.30 | BUILDING UNITED JUDGMENT: HANDBOOK FOR CONSENSUS | Centre for Conflict | Centre for Conflict Resolution, US, 1985, 124pp. Large Format | Handles common group decision-making problems practically. |
| 12.20 | CLEARNESS | Peter Woodrow | Woodrow, US, 1976, 32pp | Processes for supporting individual & group decision making. |
| 29.00 | COMMON GROUND: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share | Molly Bang | Blue Sky, US, 1997, Ilus. Hardbound | A Simple clear message for all ages especially children |
| 12.00 | CONFLICT IN MEETINGS | Quaker Home Service | Quaker Home Service, London, 2005, Second Edition, 82pp | Eldership handbook on this important real topic |
| 6.40 | CORPORATE ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT | Shaftesbury Meeting | Quaker Home Service, London, 1990, 24pp | A Monthly Meeting tells how it does it. |
| 12.00 | DEALING WITH DIFFICULT BEHAVIOUR IN MEETING FOR WORSHIP | FGC Ministry & Nurture Committee | FGC, US, 2002, 27pp | Practical handbook |
| 53.00 | DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS | Christopher Uhl | Rowman and Littlefield, US, 2004, 378pp | Paths to a sustainable world |
| 26.50 | DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS | Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheilia Heen | Penguin, US, 1999, 250pp | How to discuss what matters most |
| 30.00 | EARTHCARE FOR FRIENDS | Quaker Earthcare Witness | Quaker Earthcare Witness, US, 2004, 254pp, Illus A4 Spiral | Study guide for individuals and faith communities |
| 26.00 | EVERYDAY SIMPLICITY | Robert J Wicks | Sorin, US, 2000, 207pp | A practical, workbook style, guide to spiritual growth |
| 12.00 | FACING DEATH | Diana Lampen | Friends Book Centre, London, 1979, 77pp | Meet and listen to people face their own and others' deaths. |
| 26.60 | FAITH IN ACTION: Quaker Social Testimony | Jonathan Dale and others | Quaker Home Service, London, 2000, 287pp | How do we live the truth of our social testimonies, read others experiences |
| 7.15 | FRIENDS AND OTHER FAITHS | Margot Tennyson | Quaker Home Service, London, 1992, 47pp | How we can recognise the light in other faiths. |
| 11.00 | FUNERALS AND MEMORIAL MEETINGS | Ctte of Eldership and Oversight | Britain Yearly Meeting, Reprinted 2003 | Vol 2 in series for those responsible for eldership and oversight. |
| 8.05 | GIFTS AND MINISTRIES: A DISCUSSION PAPER ON ELDERSHIP | Alastair Heron | Quaker Home Service, London, 1987, 23pp | Examines whole question of pastoral care and spiritual leadership. |
| 15.00 | GOOD BUSINESS: Ethics At Work | Quakers and Business Group | Quakers and Business Group, Britain, 2000, 48pp | Advices and Queries on personal standards of conduct at work |
| 35.00 | GROUNDED IN GOD | Patricia McBee (Ed) | Quaker Press, US, 2002, 318pp | Care and nurture in Friends Meetings |
| 14.00 | GROWING FRUITFUL FRIENDSHIP | Ute Caspers | Australia Yearly Meeting, 2004, 62pp | 2004 Backhouse Lecture. The power of friendship |
| 35.00 | HEALING INTO LIFE AND DEATH | Stephen Levine | Anchor, US, 1987, 290pp | Works directly with pain and grief, to allow healing |
| 34.00 | HIDDEN WHOLENESS, A | Parker J Palmer | Jossey Bass, US, 2004, 208pp Cloth | Guidance of finding the soul in ourselves and others in a wounded world |
| 27.00 | HOMOSEXUALITY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH | Walter Wink (Ed) | Fortress Press, US, 1999, 131pp | Questions of Conscience for the Churches as recommended by FGC |
| 17.55 | IMAGES AND SILENCE | Brenda Heales & Chris Cook | Quaker Home Service, London, 1992, 130pp | 1992 Swarthmore. Examines ministry in the Society. |
| 26.00 | INVENTING HEAVEN | Amber Carroll & Chris Skidmore (Eds) | Sowle Press & Bedfordshire General Meeting, UK, 1999, 122pp | Quakers confront the challenges of genetic engineering |
| 40.00 | JESUS AND THE DISINHERITED | Howard Thurman | Beacon Press, US, 1976, 112pp | Linking religion of Jesus & harrowing beauty of African-American experience |
| 29.00 | JOURNEYING EAST | Victoria Jean Dimidjian | Parallax Press, US, 2004, 159pp Illus | Conversations on Aging and Dying: various contributors |
| 31.00 | JUNG AND THE QUAKER WAY | Jack Wallis | Quaker Home Service, London, 1988, 216pp | Compares and contrasts Jung's teachings with Quakerism. |
| 13.00 | KINSHIP WITH CREATION: Two Quakers Share Their Views | Susannah Brindle and Alastair McIntosh | Quaker Green Action, Australia, 2002, 39pp | Quakers on the environment, other races and how they came to this as Quakers |
| 25.00 | LITTLE EARTH BOOK, THE | James Bruges | Alastair Sawday Publishing, Britain, 2002, 192pp Ilus | Never has the Earth been at such risk, this will help you understand why |
| 18.00 | LIVING QUAKER WITNESS TO THE EARTH, A | Quaker Peace and Social Witness | Quaker Books, Britain, 2003, 64pp | Challenges us to put our Friendly environmental beliefs into practice |
| 34.00 | LUMINOIUS DARKNESS, THE | Howard Thurman | Friends United Press, US, 1965, 113pp | Commentary on segregation does to the human soul |
| 30.00 | MARRIAGE FROM THE HEART | Lois Kellerman and Nelly Bly | Penguin Compass,US, 2003, 266pp | Using the spiritual commitments in our partnership with eight core commitments examined |
| 15.00 | MENDING HURTS | John Lampen | Quaker Home Service, London, 1987, 109pp | Helping those carrying feelings of pain & anger/healing hope. Swarthmore. |
| 1.50 | NEVER BROKEN TREATY?, THE | Sarah Chandler | Canadian Quaker Pamphlet Series No 54, Canada, 2001, 52pp | Outlines Quaker witness and testimony to Aboriginal peoples in North America |
| 34.00 | OLD AGE: Journey Into Simplicity | Helen M Luke | Bell Tower, US, 1987, 135pp | The difference between growing old and disintegrating. Encourages us to grow emotionally |
| 11.00 | ON RETIRING TO KENDAL (AND BEYOND): A LITERARY EXCURSION | Peter Bien | Pendle Hill Pamphlet 368, US, 2003, 28pp | Author uses literary passages to contemplate death and engage life |
| 10.00 | ONE SMALL PLOT OF HEAVEN | Elsie Boulding | Pendle Hill, US, 1989, 225pp | Reflections on family life by a Quaker sociologist. |
| 14.00 | OUT OF THE SILENCE | J. Bill Ratliff (Ed) | Pendle Hill, US, 2001, 324pp | Quaker perspectives on pastoral care and counselling |
| 5.15 | OUTSIDE IN: A STUDY OF PRISON VISITING | Shelia R Lochhead | Sessions, Britain, 1993, 103pp | Guide for prison visitors |
| 15.00 | PART OF THE RAINBOW | Etan Boritzer | Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship | A plain Quaker look at Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual lives |
| 46.00 | PEACE IN EVERYDAY RELATIONSHIPS | Shelia Alson and Gayle Burnett | Hunter House, US, 2003, 220pp | Resolving conflicts in your personal and work life |
| 12.00 | QUAKER MARRIAGE | Edward H Milligan | Quaker Tapestry Booklets, Britain, 1994, 32pp Illus | History and practice of Quaker marriage |
| 20.00 | QUAKER TESTIMONY TO THE EARTH?, A | Suzanne Finch | Bridport Preparative Meeting, Britain, 2000, 98pp Illus. | Quaker witness, questions and materials for Meetings as we develop a new Quaker Testimony |
| 8.00 | REACHING TO COMMUNITY | Peggy Heeks | Joseph Rowntree Trust, Britain, 1994, 80pp | A story of 12 Quaker meetings. Factors which advance the building of living Q. communities. |
| 16.50 | RECONCILING OPPOSITES: REFLECTIONS ON PEACEMAKING IN SOUTH AFRICA | Hendrik W van der Merwe | Australia Yearly Meeting, 2001, 62pp Illus | A brief, including personal history, of South Africa and its conflict.Backhouse Lecture |
| 18.00 | ROLE OVER? | Quaker Peace and Social Witness | Quaker Peace and Social Witness, Britain, 2004, 108pp | Lottery Funding and the Quaker Testimony Against Gambling |
| 10.00 | SALVAGING THE SACRED: Lucy, my sister | Marian Partington | Quaker Books, London, 2004, 31pp | How a sister forgave those who raped and murdered her sister as part of Restorative Justice |
| 34.00 | SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, THE | Howard Thurman | Friends United Press, US, 1971, 108pp | An inquiry into the basis of Man's experience of community |
| 21.00 | SPIRITED LIVING: Waging Conflict, Building Peace | Simon Fisher | Quaker Books, Britain, 2004, 123pp | 2004 Swarthmore New tools & insights from cross cultural experience in conflict transformation |
| 11.00 | THIS IS WHO I AM:Listening With Older Friends | Committee on Oversight, Britain YM | Quaker Books, London, 2003, 58pp, Illus | Useful pastoral care handbook |
| 18.00 | TO LEARN A NEW SONG | Susannah Kay Brindle | Australian Yearly Meeting, 2000, 92pp | Backhouse Lecture. Quaker contribution to reconciliation with Earth and its people |
| 18.00 | TRESPASS AND TRUST | Daphne Glazer | Quaker Books, London, 2004, 95pp | How should Quakers relate to sex offenders involved in Meeting for Worship |
| 39.00 | TURNING TO ONE ANOTHER | Margaret Wheatley | Berret Kohler, US, 2002, 158pp Illus | Change the world by listening to one another: Conversations to restore hope in the future |
| 53.00 | UPROOTING RACISM | Paul Kivel | New Society, US, 1996, 243pp | How white people can work for racial justice |
| 30.00 | VERY GOOD MARRIAGE, A | Tom Mullen | Friends United Press, US, 2001, 157pp CLOTH | Gives the tools and inspiration for a beautiful Quaker marriage |
| 15.00 | WHAT IS CREATION CENTERED SPIRITUALITY? | Grace Blindell | Association for Creation Spirituality, London, 2001, 44pp | Title says it all |
| 32.00 | WHEN SCIENCE MEETS RELIGION | Ian G Babour | Harper Collins, US, 2000, 205pp | Enemies, strangers or partners? |
| 17.00 | WORLD IN MY HEART, THE | Jo Farrow | Quaker Books, London, Reprinted 2004, 175pp | Women tells how feminist & Quaker values have influenced her life. |
| 22.50 | YEAR OF GRACE | Margaret Hope Bacon (Ed) | FGC, US, 2002, 191pp | A Novel of a dying Quaker grandmother and her activism in spirit & action filled last adventure |
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