Thomas DeWolf-a descendent of slaveholders-and Sharon Morgan-a descendent of slaves-come together to openly discuss how the legacy of slavery and racism has impacted their lives. Together, they disclose the various difficulties and rewards they experience as individuals striving to heal....

Twenty essays explore the blessings and challenges of Jewish Unitarian Universalist identity and community.

The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the "New Atheist" movement-whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens-speak...

This guide to storytelling in worship provides techniques for good storytelling, plus practice exercises to help readers learn to employ them. It includes eight stories, ready for telling, with themes and plots ideally suited for multigenerational worship.

In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America.

Over 50 ideas for celebrating communions from the traditional to the innovative. Features special holiday and seasonal rites, a brief overview of communion in Christian history and a look at current trends.

Worship services and ceremonies for individuals, families and small groups. Draws from the writings of Unitarian Universalists. Includes child dedications, weddings, memorial services and readings.

Designed to help empower skeptics, seekers, nonbelievers, and those of a liberal and progressive outlook to reclaim the Bible from literalists.

Hopeful book that explores the experiences that can help us survive suffering, feel more deeply connected to neighbors and strangers and gain a better understanding of human limits and our place in the Universe.

Sixty poems, by our most acclaimed and beloved poets, for the difficult times we live in.

Much more than a primer, Rasor writes for clergy, theology students, and interested laypeople who want to better understand the liberal religious tradition.

Church challenges us to imagine ourselves as a "consortium of personae" rather than as a fixed identity...otherwise, we will either think too much or too little of ourselves. A joyous book on the art of finding meaning in daily life.

A revised, beautifully designed hardcover edition that includes two new translations. A weaver and poet-singer, Kabir lived in fifteenth-century India. His philosophy incorporated the beliefs and practices of both Muslims and Hindus....

Nature poetry by the winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Includes poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and finally, lingering in happiness. Each poem is imbued with the extraordinary...

Great tips on how to nurture your child's spiritual development and how to teach Unitarian Universalism at home. Outlines the history of UU ideas and symbols, how to discuss difficult religious questions and more.

Valuable instruction on Buddhist meditation. Learn skills of mindfulness, of being awake and aware. Helps readers of all religious faiths to achieve greater self-understanding and peace.A Beacon Press Book...

Translucent, provocative fiction on themes of faith and meaning from favorite writers including Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus, Alice Walker, Louise Erdrich, Stephen King, Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth, E.M. Forster and others.A Beacon Press Book...

Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize

This collection offers incisive, original investigations of political freedom post-September 11, and reviews threats to sexual and religious liberty, free speech, privacy and the right to be free from unwarranted, unprincipled prosecutions. Kaminer is a lawyer, social critic and columnist at the...