medical education. In 2003, the American College Personnel Association named Palmer a “Diamond Honoree” for outstanding contributions to the field of student affairs. In 2005, Sam Intrator (ed.) published [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Questions-Essays-Inspired-Parker/dp/0787965545/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=sam+intrator&qid=1576256063&s=books&sr=1-4 Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer’'] (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005). In 2010, the Religious Education Association (An Association of Professors, Practitioners, and Researchers in Religious Education) presented Palmer with the William Rainey Harper Award, “given to outstanding leaders whose work in other fields has had profound impact upon religious education.” Named after the first president of the University of Chicago, founder of the REA, the award has been given only ten times since its establishment in 1970. Previous recipients include Marshall McLuhan, Elie Wiesel, Margaret Mead and Paulo Freire. In 2011, Palmer was named an Utne Reader Visionary, one of "25 people who are changing your world." In 2017, Palmer was given the Shalem Institute’s Contemplative Voices Award, given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to contemplative understanding, living and leadership. In 2019, Palmer's book On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity & Getting Old'' was the gold medalist in the "Aging/Death & Dying” category of the 2019 Independent Book Publisher Book Awards. Published works References Further reading External links Palmer, Parker J. Palmer, Parker J. Parker Palmer Quaker theologians Quaker writers Parker Palmer Living people 20th-century Quakers 21st-century Quakers American theologians People from Illinois