More Spiritual Voices in Unitarian Universalism
Let us also bring to your attention these other books available through Skinner House and the UUA, because it is a time of great abundance of spiritual works available. I hope you will spread this news and help support these authors’ works and the movement so we can keep them coming…
Also highlighted in the recent Bookstore catalog:
Simply Pray: A Modern Spiritual Practice to Deepen Your Life by Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom who was one of our keynote speakers at Revival 2004.
Faith Without Certainty: Liberal Theology in the 21st Century by Rev. Paul Rasor who was one of our presenters at Revival 1999, our first one, and whose work we have highlighted in the UU Christian Journal.
Never Far From Home: Stories from the Radio Pulpit by Rev. Carl Scovel, minister emeritus of King’s Chapel, Boston, keynoter presenter at Revival 2001, long time UUCF leader and recipient of the UUA’s highest honor of distinguished service.
Teacher, Guide, Companion; Rediscovering Jesus in a Secular World by Rev. Wikstrom.
Transforming Liberalism: The Theology of James Luther Adams by Rev. George Kimmich Beach. JLA was a long time Board member on the UUCF, and we have published a special issue of meditations by Rev. Beach.
The Essential James Luther Adams also by Rev. Beach. Many of JLA’s most important essays were first published in the UUCF Journal.
This Day in Unitarian Universalist History by Rev. Frank Schulman who has been a long time member of the UUCF and past Board director representing the Southwest USA.
Who Will Remember Me? A Daughter’s Memoir of Grief and Recovery by Rev. Barbara Hamilton-Holway which is full of meditations on how the Christian liturgical year can be helpful in the grieving process.
American Universalism by George Huntston Williams, author of the seminal work The Radical Reformation
At Home in Creativity: The Naturalistic Theology of Henry Nelson Wieman by Rev. Bruce Southworth. Wieman’s work is often cited in works of 20th century Christian theology.
Consider the Lillies, meditations by Stephen Shick
Dancing in the Empty Spaces, meditations by David O. Rankin, frrequent contributor to UUCF pamphlets and Journals.
The Epic of Unitarianism: original writings from the history of liberal religion, ed. by Rev. David Parke, whose work is highlighted in the latest special issue of the UU Christian Journal called “Naming the Holy”
For Faith and Freedom: A Short History of Unitarianism in Europe by Charles A. Howe
The Larger Faith: A Short History of American Universalism by Charles A. Howe
Motion Toward Perfection: The Achievement of Joseph Priestly by J. G. McEvoy
Redeeming Time: Endowing Your Church with the Power of Covenant by Walter Herz
Standing Before Us: Unitarian Universalist Women and Social Reform, 1776-1936 by Dorothy Emerson
A Stream of Light: A Short History of American Unitarianism by Conrad Wright
This Piece of Eden, meditations by Vanessa Southern
Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Channing, Emerson, Parker, ed. by Conrad Wright
The Unitarian Controversy: essays on American Unitarian History by Conrad Wright
Universalism in America: A Documentary History of a Liberal Faith, edited by Ernest Cassera.
Without Apology: Collected Meditations on Liberal Religion by A. Powell Davies, ed. by Rev. Forrest Church.
While you are at the UUA bookstore site, don’t forget to check these other works out:
Understanding the Bible by Rev. John Buehrens, past president of the UUA and keynoter at our Revival 2003;
Christian Non-Resistance Adin Ballou, ed. by Lynn Gordon Hughes;
Engaging Our Theological Diversity, the recent publication of the UUA Commission on Appraisal;
Heretics Faith by Rev. Frederick Muir, about ways to think about and use a vocabulary of faith;
Language of Reverence, ed. by Dean Grodzins and featuring five UUs discussing the recent debate on language of reverence featuring UUA President Bill Sinkford who was a keynoter on this topic at our Revival 2004;
Our Covenant: The Lay and Liberal Doctrine of the Church, the Minns Lectures by Rev. Alice Blair Wesley;
Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and a Search for What Saves Us, by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
Science and the Search For God by Rev. Gary Kowalski
Separation of Church and State; An American Creed; many other works by Forrest Church
The Almost Church by Michael Durral: Redefining Unitarian Universalism for a New Era (this is getting a special UUCF Exec. Director recommendation from me)
The Letters I Left Behind: Judith Sargent Murray Papers by Bonnie Hurd-Smith