| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1558966072 |
An Introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist Traditions
| Author | : Andrea Greenwood |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 269 |
| Release | : 2011-08-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1139504533 |
How is a free faith expressed, organised and governed? How are diverse spiritualities and theologies made compatible? What might a religion based in reason and democracy offer today's world? This book will help the reader to understand the contemporary liberal religion of Unitarian Universalism in a historical and global context. Andrea Greenwood and Mark W. Harris challenge the view that the Unitarianism of New England is indigenous and the point from which the religion spread. Relationships between Polish radicals and the English Dissenters existed and the English radicals profoundly influenced the Unitarianism of the nascent United States. Greenwood and Harris also explore the US identity as Unitarian Universalist since a 1961 merger and its current relationship to international congregations, particularly in the context of twentieth-century expansion into Asia.
Premise and The Promise
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781558966512 |
Albion's Seed
| Author | : David Hackett Fischer |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 981 |
| Release | : 1991-03-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 019974369X |
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
The Eclipse of Liberal Protestantism in the Netherlands
| Author | : Tom-Eric Krijger |
| Publisher | : Brill |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Liberalism (Religion) |
| ISBN | : 9789004410077 |
In The Eclipse of Liberal Protestantism in the Netherlands, Tom-Eric Krijger is the first to offer a synthesis of the development of the Protestant modernist movement in Dutch religious, social, cultural, and political life between 1870 and 1940. In historiography, the liberal Protestant community is said to have lost appeal and influence in these decades due to a lack of theological clarity, inner harmony, and organisation. Analysing liberal Protestants' self-perception vis-à-vis Christian orthodoxy, self-understanding as a faith community, attitude towards other alternatives to orthodoxy, class-consciousness, literary criticism, political commitment, and involvement with foreign mission, Krijger challenges this view. Making an international comparison, he argues that the Dutch modernist movement failed to make headway primarily due to liberal Protestant expectations and discourse.
Widening the Circle of Concern
| Author | : UUA Commission on Institutional Change |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 155896861X |
Appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in 2017, the UUA Commission on Institutional Change served through June 2020. Widening the Circle of Concern: Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change represents the culmination of the Commission’s work analyzing structural and systemic racism and white supremacy culture within Unitarian Universalism and makes recommendations to advance long-term cultural and institutional change that redeems the essential promise and ideals of Unitarian Universalism. The members and staff of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change were Chair Rev. Leslie Takahashi, Mary Byron, Cir L’Bert Jr., Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore, Dr. Elías Ortega, Caitlin Breedlove, DeReau K. Farrar, and Project Manager Rev. Marcus Fogliano.
Coming of Age Handbook for Congregations
| Author | : Sarah Gibb Millspaugh |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Church group work with youth |
| ISBN | : 1558965408 |
A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Volume Two
| Author | : Dan McKanan |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 592 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1558967915 |
A panel of top scholars presents the first comprehensive collection of primary sources from Unitarian Universalist history. This critical resource covers the long histories of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism in the United States and around the world, and offers a wealth of sources from the first fifty-five years of the Unitarian Universalist Association. From Arius and Origen to Peter Morales and Rebecca Parker, this two-volume anthology features leaders, thinkers, and ordinary participants in the ever-changing tradition of liberal religion. Each volume contains more than a hundred distinct selections, with scholarly introductions by leading experts in Unitarian Universalist history. The selections include sermons, theologies, denominational statements, hymns, autobiographies, and manifestos, with special attention to class, cultural, gender, and sexual diversity. Primary sources are the building blocks of history, and A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism presents the sources we need for understanding this denomination’s past and for shaping its future.
A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Volume One
| Author | : Dan McKanan |
| Publisher | : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
| Total Pages | : 522 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1558967893 |
A panel of top scholars presents the first comprehensive collection of primary sources from Unitarian Universalist history. This critical resource covers the long histories of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism in the United States and around the world, and offers a wealth of sources from the first fifty-five years of the Unitarian Universalist Association. From Arius and Origen to Peter Morales and Rebecca Parker, this two-volume anthology features leaders, thinkers, and ordinary participants in the ever-changing tradition of liberal religion. Each volume contains more than a hundred distinct selections, with scholarly introductions by leading experts in Unitarian Universalist history. The selections include sermons, theologies, denominational statements, hymns, autobiographies, and manifestos, with special attention to class, cultural, gender, and sexual diversity. Primary sources are the building blocks of history, and A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism presents the sources we need for understanding this denomination’s past and for shaping its future.
