Our library in Hewett Centre is open every Sunday after service during Coffee Hour in Hewett Centre, and our Library Team offers related reading lists based on the topic of Sunday service. Here is their list for the upcoming service featuring Rev. Shawn Gauthier on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 at 11 a.m. All welcome in Hewett Centre after service to check out some books and to have coffee and conversation.
VanU library books related to this Sunday’s sermon:
1. Trust the Dawning Future, from the Canadian Unitarian Council, 2011, 821 CUC [Closely related is “To Trust the Dawning Future More”, as it states it’s a “Sermon delivered at the Sunday Service of Celebration at the Annual Conference & Meeting of the Canadian Unitarian Council Convocation Hall, University of Toronto”, delivered by Rev. Shawn Newton (i.e., our current minister Rev. Shawn Gauthier) on May 22, 2011].
2. The Unitarian Way, by Phillip Hewett, 2015, 288 HEW [Written by a UCV minister. Donated by Muriel Harris. Signed by the author. From LibraryThing: “In a religious tradition with no creed and no hierarchy, it is sometimes hard to see what it is that binds Unitarians together. In The Unitarian Way, Phillip Hewett sets out to discover the common elements that characterize Unitarianism, from its historical roots in the Renaissance to its varied expressions in the world today. In twelve wide-ranging chapters he explores the characteristic Unitarian blend of faith and doubt, reason and intuition, commitment and open mindedness, individuality and community. He concludes that Unitarians, “like a family, or the crew of a ship, or a geological survey team,” are united by participation in a common enterprise rather than by a set of shared beliefs. Originally published in 1985, The Unitarian Way has been newly revised by the author and reissued to guide a new generation of readers through the intricacies of “the Unitarian dance.””].
3. Social Action Heroes: Unitarian Universalists Who Are Changing the World, by Michelle Bates Deakin, 2012, 261 DEA [Published by Skinner House Books. From inSpirit UU Book and Gift Shop: “Unitarian Universalists are committed to acting on important issues of social justice throughout the world. Award-winning journalist Michelle Bates Deakin explores the actions of eleven individuals and the impact their actions have had on their communities and their souls. Compelling and inspiring, Social Action Heroes illuminates the potential for deep change inherent in each of us, and in Unitarian Universalism as a whole”].
4. Faith Without Certainty: Liberal Theology In The 21st Century, by Paul Rasor, 2005, 230.04 RAS [Published by Skinner House Books. From LibraryThing: “This innovative critical analysis of religious liberalism probes the dynamic tensions of a theology that is committed to individual freedom and autonomy on the one hand and a greater sense of community on the other. Much more than a primer, Faith Without Certainty lays out the basic characteristics of liberal theology, delving into historical and philosophical sources as well as social and intellectual roots. Clear-eyed but ultimately hopeful, Rasor explores the ambiguous and creative nature of liberal theology today. Ideal for readers who want a better understanding of liberal theology, a religious tradition that is rooted not in authority but in one’s own experience and conscience”].
5. An Examined Faith: Social Context and Religious Commitment , by James Luther Adams, 1991, 230.91 ADA [Published by Beacon Press. From GoodReads: “James Luther Adams has been a major force in American social ethics and liberal theology for more than half a century, from his work with anti-Nazi preachers in Germany in the late 1930s through his teaching at the University of Chicago and the Harvard Divinity School. Here is his latest collection of inimitable essays”].
6. The Prophethood of All Believers, by James Luther Adams, 1986, 230.8 ADA [Published by Beacon Press].
7. The Free Church in a Changing World, by Dana McLean Greeley, 1963, 288 UUA [From GoodReads: “Reports of six commissions appointed in 1959 by Dana McLean Greeley (while president of American Unitarian Association) to survey, evaluate, and recommend possible future directions of UU congregations”].