106 p. ; 22 cm

106p. ; 21cm

Still in copyright in the UK until 2025

Still in copyright in the UK until 2025.

In this year’s lecture, Ben will explore the myth and reality in how society responds to serious crimes, charting the uses and abuses of society’s responses to crime: retributive punishment, rehabilitative intervention, public protection, and calls for incremental or radical reform. Drawing on personal and professional experiences, Ben will invite Friends to reflect on where current prison conditions belong in the longer flow of Quaker witness on penal reform, and to ask: who (if anyone) gets what they deserve from the institutions we have?

How we can change society by Esther Loukin The 2023 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Esther Loukin, co-founder of the disabled-led organization Reasonable

110 p. : 21 cm

67 pages ; 19 cm

57 pages ; 19 cm

x, 198 pages ; 21 cm

160 pages : 21 cm

171 pages : 21 cm

188 pages : 22 cm

Thomas Penny's 2021 Swarthmore lecture addresses Truth in the era of fake news, and draws on his 29 years’ experience working as a journalist. He revisits the Quaker commitment to Truth, asking how Quaker practices and approaches may help us in the face of increasing polarisation.

How do we face all the very real, terrible things that happen in our world and still have hope? How did Friends in the past have hope in dark times and how can we have it today? Tom will reflect on the nature of hope, our reasons to hope, and how we can preach hope through the way we live our lives.

Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis The 2022 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Helen Minnis of Glasgow Meeting. Helen will spoke from her experience as a scientist and a Quaker,

[7], 91 p. ; 19 cm

[7], 72 pages, plate : 19 cm

88 pages ; 19 cm

61 pages ; 22 cm