Faith Curricula Library: Tapestry of Faith: Faith Like a River: A Program on Unitarian Universalist History for Adults

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The History of Unitarianism

Howe, Charles A. For Faith and Freedom: A Short History of Unitarianism in Europe (Boston: Skinner House, 1997)

Parke, David. The Epic of Unitarianism: Original Writings from the History of Liberal Religion (Boston: Skinner House, 1985)

Wright, Conrad, ed. Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Channing, Emerson, Parker (Boston: Skinner House, 1978); The Beginnings of Unitarianism in America (Boston: Beacon Press, 1955)

The Iowa Sisterhood

Tucker, Cynthia Grant. Prophetic Sisterhood (Boston: Beacon Press, 1990)

Star Island (the Isle of Shoals)

McGill, Frederick T., Jr. and Virginia F. McGill. Something Like a Star (Boston: Star Island Corporation, 1989)

Williams, Lois. Religion at the Isles of Shoals (Portsmouth, NH: Peter Randall Publisher, LLC, 2006)

The website of the Council of Unitarian Universalist Camps and Conferences

On Researching and Presenting a Congregational History

Coeyman, Barbara. “Creating Congregational Histories,” an article on the website of the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society

Knowing Where You’ve Been: Maintaining Records and Archives,” an article on the Unitarian Universalist Association website

The Epic of UnitarianismOriginal Writings from the History of Liberal Religion

By David B. Parke

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This collection of writings spanning the 16th through the 20th centuries provides a rich portrait of early Unitarian thought

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