John A. Buehrens
Forfatter af A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism
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John A. Buehrens was the president of the Unitarian Universalist Assiciation of Congregations from 1993 to 2001. His previous books include Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics. Seekers, and Religious Liberals; with Forrest Church, A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian vis mere Universalism; and with Rebecca Ann Parker, A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century. vis mindre
Værker af John A. Buehrens
Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals (2003) 263 eksemplarer
A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century (2010) — Forfatter — 119 eksemplarer
Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice (2020) 29 eksemplarer
What Are Churches For? 2 eksemplarer
Associated Works
Salted With Fire: Unitarian Universalist Strategies for Sharing Faith and Growing Congregations (1994) — Bidragyder — 143 eksemplarer
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I read this when I was depressed about the outcome of Bush/Kerry, because apparently I'm my mother's daughter and turn to a higher power when depressed. I'm rereading this now because my mother died recently, so you may see more religion stuff here.
Solid introductory book about Unitarian Universalism. Slightly dated at times.
I’ve enjoyed attending a Unitarian Universalist church about every other Sunday for a while, and thought I should know a little more about it, so I picked up this book.
That’s a lie. I have no idea where the book came from, whether it was a gift or a request for review or a purchase I forgot I had made. It just appeared on my bookshelf, without getting logged in my review queue. I love mysteries, so I read it.
U.U. is a merger of two denominations—Universalists and Unitarians—and to be honest, I didn’t learn a lot from the book. That’s because there is no creed to learn, no rituals to perform, no insistence upon a single belief system, while at the same time it demeans none of them. It’s pluralism to the extreme. Fits me to a T, right?
U.U. is a sort of common-sense, practical religion. It feels, to me, open and honest. There is no denial of sin, death, evil, and suffering, but rather there is a humanitarian call to ease or overcome them. Those U.U.’s who have a Christian bent tend to lean toward “works” in the great faith-vs-works debate. I’ve never been good at denying scientific findings (like evolution), and have a tough time believing in any particular afterlife scenario over another, so U.U. fits me there, too. This quote I found absolutely fascinating:
Death is a fairly recent entry in the scheme of evolution. The beginnings of life on this planet were sponsored by single cell organisms, which replicated themselves by division. One generation of beings followed another, each identical to the last. We were immortal, until we became interesting.
But how do I explain the book? I thought I’d just list a few more quotes, and maybe something will resonate with you as well.
Unitarian Universalism might best be described as a life-affirming rather than death-defying faith.
“The Universalists believe that God is too good to damn them, whereas the Unitarians believe they are too good to be damned!” –Star King, p. 34
The light of God (“God” is not God’s name, but our name for that which is greater than all and yet present in each) not only shines down upon us, but also out from within us.
One Truth, many truths; one God, many faiths; one light (Unitarianism), may windows (Universalism).… (mere)
That’s a lie. I have no idea where the book came from, whether it was a gift or a request for review or a purchase I forgot I had made. It just appeared on my bookshelf, without getting logged in my review queue. I love mysteries, so I read it.
U.U. is a merger of two denominations—Universalists and Unitarians—and to be honest, I didn’t learn a lot from the book. That’s because there is no creed to learn, no rituals to perform, no insistence upon a single belief system, while at the same time it demeans none of them. It’s pluralism to the extreme. Fits me to a T, right?
U.U. is a sort of common-sense, practical religion. It feels, to me, open and honest. There is no denial of sin, death, evil, and suffering, but rather there is a humanitarian call to ease or overcome them. Those U.U.’s who have a Christian bent tend to lean toward “works” in the great faith-vs-works debate. I’ve never been good at denying scientific findings (like evolution), and have a tough time believing in any particular afterlife scenario over another, so U.U. fits me there, too. This quote I found absolutely fascinating:
Death is a fairly recent entry in the scheme of evolution. The beginnings of life on this planet were sponsored by single cell organisms, which replicated themselves by division. One generation of beings followed another, each identical to the last. We were immortal, until we became interesting.
But how do I explain the book? I thought I’d just list a few more quotes, and maybe something will resonate with you as well.
Unitarian Universalism might best be described as a life-affirming rather than death-defying faith.
“The Universalists believe that God is too good to damn them, whereas the Unitarians believe they are too good to be damned!” –Star King, p. 34
The light of God (“God” is not God’s name, but our name for that which is greater than all and yet present in each) not only shines down upon us, but also out from within us.
One Truth, many truths; one God, many faiths; one light (Unitarianism), may windows (Universalism).… (mere)
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Introduction of this edition particularly insightful.
Some of the writing seemed haphazard and not cohesive, but for the most part I enjoyed and learned from the book.