Reading List for Fall 2006
"Universalism - Legacy and the Future "
Required Readings
1) The "Universalism Then and Now" issue of the UU Christian theological
journal available from the UUCF at $16 postpaid.
You can send your $16 check to:
UUCF
PO Box 6702
Turley OK 74156-0702
It contains Mark Harris' masterful, even breathtaking, essay on
"Hosea Ballou's Treatise at 200", plus responses by Carl Scovel,
Rusty Park, and Joe Bassett. Peter Hughes weighs in with some
problems in Universalist history. Ernest Cassara writes about
Universalism in the American Experience.
2) American Universalism, 4th ed., George Huntston Williams, published 2002, 136 pages, paperback, available from UUA Bookstore, for $14.00. ISBN 1-55896-441-X
(suggested by Tom Wintle)
3) The Larger Faith: A Short History of American Universalism, by Charles Howe. Skinner House. 168 pages. Available from UUA bookstore for $16.00. ISBN 1-55896-308-1.
or
Universalism in America, A Documentary History of A Liberal Faith, ed. Ernest Cassara. Published by Skinner House in 1997, 304 pages. Available at UUA bookstore for $20.00. ISBN 0-933840-21-7.
4) The Letters I Left Behind: Judith Sargeant Murray Papers, ed.Bonnie Hurd-Smith, go to
http://www.hurdsmith.com/judith/lbtenform.htm for order information; however rather than the $34.95 price, group rate cost is $25.00;
Bonnie wrote: This made my day! I could certainly offer a discount to your group.
Assuming we are talking 20 or more people, I could sell it to each of you for $25.00.
The total is $31.25 each ($25. for book, $1.25 tax, $5 shipping).
Payable to HurdSmith Communications/JSM Society.
Mailed to:
Bonnie Hurd Smith
15 Winter Street, #2
Salem, MA 01970
I’d appreciate it if people could note that they
are with the Greenfield Group so I know which check is for what. (I can't accept credit cards.)
People can send an email to this address (bmhsmith@comcast.net) to place an order (cheaper than phone); I will enclose an invoice with the book), or just send a check which accomplishes the same thing.
Thanks again,
Bonnie Hurd Smith
Supplemental Reading:
The Larger Message, by Elizabeth Strong, published 2004 by Meadville/Lombard Press, and available for $15 or so through Amazon (currently there are 27 in the new and used categories, or for $16 through the UUA bookstore.
The Universalist Movement in America, 1780-1880, by Ann Lee Bressler, Oxford University Press, around $45 through ABEBooks and the range is $60-80 through Amazon.
The Ancient History of Universalism, by Hosea Ballou (7-9 copies available by checking MSN shopping, or the Forbes Book Club. Trade paper. published 2003. 316 pages. Range is $21-31.
The Modern History of Universalism from the Era of the Reformation to the Present Time (written apparently in 1830 by Thomas Whittemore), Trade Paperback, Kessenger Publishers, 468 pages, 7 copies available. ISBN 141796782X.
The Essential Clarence Skinner, A Skinner House book, paperback, Nov. 2004, 120 pages, $8, UUA bookstore.
.Unitarians and Universalists, by David Robinson, Greenwood Press, 386 pages, range is $55.24 to 61.95.
Hosea Ballou (a biography) by Ernest Cassara (haven't checked availability)
A Treatise on Atonement, by Hosea Ballou (haven't checked availability)
E-Mail to every member of The Greenfield Group