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» What do Unitarian Universalists believe? Looking for Faith — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:01:30 +0000

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By: Shelby

Shelby — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:44:26 +0000

That’s so cool that you got to take a class from Ahlstrom! If his teaching was similar to his writing, it must have been a very engaging course.

Thanks for the recommendations.

By: fausto

fausto — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:23:32 +0000

I had the good fortune as an undergrad to take the Religious History of the American People course from Ahlstrom himself, the year after his book won the National Book Award. His anthology of 19th-century Unitarian sermons, An American Reformation, is on the UUA ministers’ list you linked and is also excellent.

One that’s not on the list but (IMHO) should be is Perry Miller, Errand into the Wilderness, which traces how the religion of the Puritans gradually and organically evolved over time into the transcendentalism of Emerson. One of my “elevator speeches” is that we are and always have been the liberal Puritans, even if many of us today have difficulty admitting or even recognizing the Puritan traits that we still carry with us.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:12:10 +0000

Hi Philocrites,

Thanks for the tip. The “Looking Back” essays are excellent.

By: Philocrites

Philocrites — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:38:12 +0000

Here are a few more:

UU World’s “Looking Back” columns

The UU Historical Society’s Dictionary of UU Biography

The Harvard Square Library’s Notable American Unitarians