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Faith like a River: Themes from Unitarian Universalist History
A Tapestry of Faith Program for Adults2011
Jackie Clement Alison Cornish
Faith Like a River explores the dynamic course of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) history—the people, ideas, and movements that have shaped our faith heritage. It invites participants to place themselves into our history and consider its legacies. What lessons do the stories of our history teach that can help us live more faithfully in the present? What lessons do they offer to be lived into the future?
Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Workshop 1: Wading In – An Introduction
- Workshop 2: Against the Flow – Orthodoxy and Heresy
- Workshop 3: Rising Tides – Reason as a Religious Source
- Workshop 4: The Verdant Springs – Reformation
- Workshop 5: God's Gonna Trouble the Water – Martyrs and Sacrifice
- Workshop 6: Shall We Gather at the River? – Religious Tolerance
- Workshop 7: We're All Swimming in the Stream Together – Covenant
- Workshop 8: Gently Down the Stream – Polity
- Workshop 9: Rise in the Sea — Unitarianism
- Workshop 10: Rise in the Sea — Universalism
- Workshop 11: As Tranquil Streams that Meet and Merge — Consolidation
- Workshop 12: I've Got Tears Like the Raindrops — Freedom
- Workshop 13: Mirages and Oases — Idealism and Utopianism
- Workshop 14: The Seven Seas — Globalization
- Workshop 15: The Water Is Wide — Multiculturalism
- Workshop 16: Ripples in the Water — The Evangelists
- List of Stories
- List of Handouts
- List of Leader Resources
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Last updated on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
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