Resources Available to NUUF Members

 

Anthropology

Fischer, Edward. 2004. Peoples and cultures of the world (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Anthropology. CD.

 

King, Barbara J.. 2002. Biological anthropology: an evolutionary perspective (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Anthropology. CD.

 

King, Barbara J.. 2001. Roots of human behavior (Great Courses) (12 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Anthropology. CD.

 

Atheism

Aronson, Ronald. 2008. Living without God: new directions for atheists, agnostics, secularists and the undecided. Berkeley: Counterpoint Press. Atheism. Book.

 

Barker, Dan. 2011. Good atheist: living a purpose-filled life without God. Berkeley: Ulysses Press. Atheism. Book.

 

Berkshire, August. 2010. Various pamphlets. August Berkshire.

 

Dawkins, Richard. 2008. God delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Atheism. Book.

 

Dworkin, Ronald. 2013. Religion without God. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Atheism. Book.

 

Epstein, Greg M.. 2009. Good without God: what a billion nonreligious people do believe. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Atheism. Book.

 

Lehto, Bill, ed.. 2012. Atheist voices of Minnesota: an anthology of personal stories. Minneapolis: Freethought House . Atheism. Book.

 

Children and Parenting

Kabat-Zinn, Myla and Jon. 1997. Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting. New York: Hyperion. Children and Parenting. Book.

 

Pollack, William S.. 2001. Real Boys' Voices. London: Penguin Books. Children and Parenting. Book.

 

Richards, Michelle. 2010. Tending the Flame: the Art of Unitarian Universalist Parenting. Boston: Skinner House. Children and Parenting. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. 2000. Our Whole Lives: Lifespan Sexuality Education Curricula. Boston: UUA. Children and Parenting. Book.

 

Williams, Betsy Hill. 1994. Religious Education at Home. Boston: Church of the Larger Fellowship. Children and Parenting. Book.

 

Death and Dying

Schaffer, Nancy. 2013. While Still There Is Light. Boston: Skinner House Books. Death and Dying. Book.

 

Economics

Daly, Herman E. and John B. Cobb, Jr. 1994. For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future. Boston: Beacon Press. Economics. Book.

 

Korten, David C. 2010. Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. San Francisco: Berrett-Kohler Publisher. Economics. Book.

 

Ethics

Jayaraman, Saru. 2013. Behind the Kitchen Door. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Ethics. Book.

 

Neuhaus, Cable. 1978. A Lively Connection. New York: Ethica Press. Ethics. Book.

 

Shapiro. 1999. Choosing the Right Thing to Do: In Life, at Work, in Relationships, and for the Planet. San Francisco: Berrett-Kohler Publishers. Ethics. Book.

 

Watkins, Bruce O, and Roy Meador. 1977. Technology and Human Values: Collison and Solution. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor. Ethics. Book.

 

 

History

Asimov, Isaac. 1981. Asimov’s Guide to the Bible. NY: Avenel Books. Bible—History of Biblical Events. Book.

 

Theoharis, Jeanne. 2013. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Boston: Beacon Press. History. Book.

 

Thompson, Linwood. 1995. World history: the fertile crescent to the American revolution (Great Courses) (30 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. History. CD.

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Yoder, John H. 1983. What Would You Do? Scottsdale, Pa: Herald Press. History. Book.

 

Humanism

Hadley, Harold, ed.. 1977. Religious humanism: special tenth anniversary retrospective issue . Boston: Fellowship of Religious Humanists. Humanism. Book.

 

Language

McWhorter, John. 2012. Myths, lies, and language usage (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Language. CD.

 

Living

Andrews, Cecile. 1997. Circle of simplicity: return to the good life. New York: Harper Perennial. Living. Book.

 

Chopra, Deepak. 2005. Peace is the Way. New York: Harmony Books. Living. Book.

 

Elgin, Duane. 1993. Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a way of life that is outwardly simple, inwardly rich. New York: William Morrow. Living. Book.

 

Fulgum, Robert. 1988. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. New York: Ballantine Books. Living. Book.

 

Ogilvy, James. 1995. Living Without A Goal: Finding the Freedom to Live a Creative and Innovative Life. New York: Doubleday.

 

Schor, Juliet B. 1998. The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Living. Book.

 

Meditation

Goldstein, Joseph. 1993. Insight meditations: the practice of freedom. Boston: Shambhala . Meditation. Book.

 

Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang. 2003. The New Meditation Handbook. New York: Tharpa Publications. Meditation. Book.

 

Hanh, Thich Nhat. 2005. Mindful Movements, Ten Exercises for Well-Being. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Meditation. Book.

 

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. 1994, 2005. Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. New York: Hyperion. Meditation. Book.

 

Safford, Victoria (ed.). 2009. With or Without Candlelight: A Meditation Anthology. Boston: Skinner House Books. Meditation. Book.

 

St. James, Elaine . 1995. Inner Simplicity. New York: Hyperion. Meditation. Book.

 

Wellemeyer, Mary. 2005. Admire the Moon: Meditations. Boston: Skinner House Books. Meditation. Book.

 

Mythology

Armstrong, Karen. 2005. A Short History of Myth. New York: Canongate. Mythology. Book.

 

Campbell, Joseph. 1988. The Power of Myth, with Bill Moyers. New York: Doubleday. Mythology. Book.

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Fahs, Sophia and Dorothy T. Spoerl. 1937, 1958. Beginnings: earth, sky, life, death - stories, ancient and modern . Berkeley: Starr King Press. Mythology. Book.

 

Philosophy

Egner, Robert E., Ed. 1958. Bertrand Russell’s Best. New York: New American Library. Philosophy. Book.

 

Grim, Patrick. 2008. Philosophy of mind: brains, consciousness, and thinking machines (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Philosophy. CD.

 

Kors, Alan. 1998. Birth of the modern mind: the intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min.). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Philosophy. CD.

 

Koterski, Joseph. 2002. Natural law and human nature (Great Courses) (24 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Philosophy. CD.

 

Thoreau, Henry David. 1854. Walden. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Philosophy. Book.

 

Readings

Wallace, Cheryll. 2012. Crafting a Life: Readings to Feed the Soul. info@soulkitschn.com.

 

Wallace, Cheryll. 2009. Saying Grace: Readings to Grow Racial and Cultural Equity. Cwall4735@aol.com. Religion in Society.

 

Gandhi, Mohandas K.. 1957, 1993. An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Boston: Beacon Press. Religion in Society. Book.

 

Hirschfield, Brad. 2009. You Don't Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right. New York: Three Rivers Press. Religion in Society. Book.

 

Perkey, Angela. 2010. Change the world, change your life: discover your purpose through service. Newburyport, MA: Conari Press. Religion in Society. Book.

 

Science

Renton, John J. 2006. Nature of earth: an introduction to geology (Great Courses) (36 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Science. CD.

 

Sapolsky, Robert. 2012. Being human: life lessons from the frontiers of science (Great Courses) (12 x 30 min). Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company. Science. CD.

 

Science and Religion

Erickson, George A. 2003. Time traveling with science and the saints. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Science and Religion. Book.

 

Goodenough, Ursula. 1998. Sacred depths of nature. New York: Oxford University Press. Science and Religion. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalism - General

Bartlett, JR and LE. 1990. A Religion for the “Non-Religious”: An Overview of Unitarian Universalism. Berkeley, CA: Bartlett. Unitarian Universalism – General. Book.

 

Beach, George Kimmich. 2002. Questions for the religious journey: finding your own path . Boston: Skinner House Books. Unitarian Universalism - General. Book.

 

Mendelson, Jack. 1964. Why I am a Unitarian Universalist . Boston: Beacon Press. Unitarian Universalism - General. Book.

 

Rasor, Paul. 2005. Faith without certainty: Liberal theology in the 21st century. Boston: Skinner House Books. Unitarian Universalism - General. Book.

 

Schulz, William F., ed.. 1993. The Unitarian Univeralist pocket guide, 2nd ed. . Boston: Skinner House Books. Unitarian Universalism - General. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. 1986. It's your own choice in UU: a guide to Unitarian Universalist principles (graphic easy) . South Deerfield, MA: Channing L. Bete Company. Unitarian Universalism - General. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalism - History

Henry, Richard. 1999. Norbert Fabian Capek: A Spiritual Journey. Boston: Skinner House. Unitarian Universalism - History. Book.

 

Kelley, Mary (ed.). 1994. The Portable Margaret Fuller. London: Penguin Books. Unitarian Universalism - History. Book.

 

Nichols, Ashton. 2006. The Teaching Company: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement.. Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company. Unitarian Universalism - History. CD.

 

Parke, David B. 1957. Epic of Unitarianism: original writings from the history of liberal religion . Boston: Beacon Press. Unitarian Universalism - History. Book.

 

Wintersteen, Prescott. 1977. Christology in American Unitarianism: an anthology of nineteenth and twentieth century Unitarian Theologians. Turley, OK: UU Christian Fellowship. Unitarian Universalism - History. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalism - Music

Unitarian Universalist Association. 1964. Hymns for the Celebration of Life. Boston: The Beacon Press. Unitarian Universalism – Music. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. 1989. Signature Collection Songbook 2. Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Unitarian Universalism - Music. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalist Association. 1993. Singing the Living Tradition. Boston: Beacon Press. Unitarian Universalism - Music. Book.

 

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. 2005. Singing the journey: a supplement to Singing the Living Tradition. Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Unitarian Universalism - Music. Book.

 

Worship Resources

Borg and Crossan. 2010. The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon. New York: HarperOne. Worship Resources. Book.

 

Southworth, Bruce. 1987. “This Day…” Worship Resources for the Liberal Church. Atlanta: Rising Press. Worship Resources. Book

 

Women

Stanford, Barbara. 1997. Gift of a lifetime: a woman's guide to triumphant aging. Cambria, CA: Lodge Hill Press. Women. Book.

 

World Religions - Buddhism

Bhikkhu, Buddhadasa. 2006. The Truth of Nature FAQ: The Master Buddhadasa Explains the Buddha's Teachings. Bangkok: Amarin Publishing. World Religions - Buddhism. Book.

 

Chodron, Pema. 2001. Places that scare you: a guide to fearlessness in difficult times. Boston: Shambhala . World Religions - Buddhism. Book.

 

Chopra, Deepak. 2007. Buddha: a story of enlightment. San Francisco: HarperOne. World Religions - Buddhism. Book.

 

Dalai Lama. 2002. How to Practice the Way to a Meaningful Life. New York: Atria Books. World Religions - Buddhism. Book.

 

Dhammika, Ven S. 1991, 2008. Good question, good answer. Publication Location Unknown: Buddha Dharma Education Association. World Religions - Buddhism. Book.

 

World Religions - Christianity

Jefferson, Thomas (ed.). 1940. Jefferson Bible. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. World Religions - Christianity. Book.

 

Myers, Ched. 1988, 2008. Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus. New York: Orbis Books. World Religions - Christianity. Book.

 

World Religions - General

Armstrong, Karen. 2000. The Battle for God. New York: Ballantine Books. World Religions - General. Book.

 

Idliby, Ranya et al. 2006. Faith Club: a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, three women search for understanding. New York: Free Press. World Religions - General. Book.

 

Wilson, Andrew (ed.). 1991, 1995. World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. St. Paul: Paragon House. World Religions - General. Book.

 

World Religions - Islam

Conover, Sarah. 2013. Muhammed: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer. Boston: Skinner House Books. World Religions - Islam. Book - Young Adult.

 

Rumi, Jalal al-Din. 1995. The Essential Rumi. San Francisco: HarperOne. World Religions - Islam. Book.