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Publication
Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Publications, 2020.
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"Doug Gwyn ... tells the story of this experimental community, structured around the features of the campus, beginning with the beech tree and ending with New House ... The early history of Pendle Hill is entwined with the American Friends Service Committee, providing a base for activism. ... The phamplet includes a time line and a foreword by Francisco Burgos, newly named director of Pendle Hill."--Back cover
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Pendle Hill has published here a history of itself, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of this important institution of American Quakerism in the 20th century. It has clearly been a place of nourishment, dialogue, healing, and spiritual growth for Friends and others. While the focus is on the
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history of administration and buildings and grounds, this allows a little information about some Quaker greats of the time, the various program focuses as they evolved, and the challenges Pendle Hill has taken up and faces in 2020. Gwyn's writing is engaging, sensitive, and clear and keeps the reader going through the relating of the expansion of the physical plant. While Friends familiar with the place will savor this, the pamphlet may be of limited interest to those who look to this series for information, wisdom, and inspiration on spiritual life and Quaker practice. Show Less
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CP 464 c1