Author and Lincoln scholar Duncan Newcomer writes about the personal, spiritual appeal of Phineas Quimby, godfather of America’s positive thinking movement.
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Phineas Quimby
Lincoln scholar and author Duncan Newcomer profiles the prophetic Phineas Quimby, now acknowledged as grandfather of America’s positive thinking movement.
Patrick Gilmore
ReadTheSpirit Editor David Crumm profiles Patrick S. Gilmore, the American band composer who organized two vast peace jubilees in Boston in 1869 and 1872.
John Muir
ReadTheSpirit Editor David Crumm profiles John Muir in the Interfaith Peacemakers series and also recommends Kathryn Lasky’s book in Candlewick Biographies.
Michelle Alexander
By Daniel Hunter and Dan Buttry Michelle Alexander tells the story of working as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on the problem of DWB—“Driving While Black.” She met a young African-American man with extensive documentation of various police stops while he was driving. At first it seemed that he was an excellent… Read more »