Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood

The Power Of Contemplation In An Evolving Universe

BY MARY COELHO
Written from her solid grounding in the latest scientific understandings of the natural world, a thorough knowledge o philosophy and religion Quaker Mary Coelho sets forth the basis for a new paradigm of human action. Using her own spiritual and scientific journey she explains and links the historic western tradition with emerging scientific theory. This book is a work of significant scholarship that brings materials from diverse disciplines together in a coherent story. Practically every page contains fresh insights into the nature of humans as totally at one with the universe while totally unique.

Wyndham Hall 2003 417 PP. Paper

$28.00 (in stock)

Godless For God's Sake

Nontheism In Contemporary Quakerism

EDITED BY DAVID BOULTON
In this new book edited by British Friend and author David Boulton, 27 Quakers from 4 countries and 13 yearly meetings tell how they combine active and committed membership in the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in the existence of a transcendent, personal and supernatural God. The essays reveal a diverse range of nontheism, including agnosticism, atheism, humanism, naturalism and nonrealism. Contributors include Robin Alpern, Philip Gross, Joan D Lucas, Os Cresson, James Riemermann, Sandy Parker, and David Rush.

Dale Historical Monographs 2006 152 PP. Paper

$22.00 (in stock)

Growing Up Quaker And Universalist Too

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
In this essay the author looks back on her journey as a Quaker universalist from her ancestral roots in 17th-century Quakerism, to her family's experiences on the American frontier, to her own upbringing as a 20th-century Friend by "both nature and nurture."

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 1999 18 PP. Paper

$2.75 (out of stock)

If God Is Love

Rediscovering Grace In An Ungracious World

BY JAMES MULHOLLAND AND PHILIP GULLEY
In If Grace Is True, pastors Philip Gulley and James Mulholland revealed their belief that God will save every person. They now explore the implications of this belief and its power to change every area of our lives. They attempt to answer one question: If we took God's love seriously, what would our world look like? Gulley and Mulholland argue that what we believe is crucial and dramatically affects the way we live and interact in the world. Beliefs have power. The belief in a literal hell, where people suffer eternally, has often been used by the Church to justify hate and violence, which contradict what Jesus taught about love and grace. The authors present a new vision.

HaperSanFrancisco 2005 288 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

If Grace Is True - Paper

Why God Will Save Every Person

BY PHILIP GULLEY AND JAMES MULHOLLAND
If Grace is True is a challenging book for many Christians. The authors' personal experience of God's grace leads them to reject the view that God will save only some people and the rest will be damned. "Gulley and Mulholland's stirring manifesto on the central role of universalism in Christianity will provoke traditionalists and encourage new ways of thinking about the nature and purpose of the Christian faith." - Publishers Weekly

HarperCollins 2004 225 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Interfaith Pilgrims

The Swarthmore Lecture 2003

BY ELEANOR NESBITT
What is truth and how do different truths relate and talk to one another? Eleanor Nesbit looks at interfaith issues.The Swartmore Lecture 2003.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2003 124 PP. Paper

$15.00 (low stock)

On The Contrary

A Reflection On The Universal Light Of Childhood

BY JOHN HEMMIMG
A meditative reflection on the universal light of childhood and our journey to wholeness.

Quaker Universalist Group (UK) 1996 25 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Oneness

Great Principles Shared By All Religions

BY JEFFREY MOSES
Reflecting the tenets of such world religions as Chrisitanity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Baha'i, this classic study gathers selections from the religious writings of the world to show the beliefs and universal truths they have in common.

Ballantine 2002 160 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

The Place Of Universalism In The Society Of Friends

BY DAN SEEGER
The author encourages Friends to share the "unity which universalism sees in the various religious faiths."

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 1984 16 PP. Paper

$3.00 (low stock)

Real Like The Daisies Or Real Like I Love You

Essays In Radical Quakerism

BY DAVID BOULTON
What do we mean by "God" in the 21st century? If we say God is "real," do we mean the reality of things that have an independent existence, like daisies, or the reality of wholly human values like love, compassion, beauty and justice? These are the questions tackled in the title essay in this collection, the first of 15 articles which seek to make a contribution to the exploration of radical Quaker and religious humanist ideas. David Boulton discusses such diverse issues as mysticism and mystification, the historical Jesus, and the nature of religious experience.

Dale Historical Monographs 2002 128 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Religious Literacy

What Every American Needs To Know - And Doesn't

BY STEPHEN PROTHERO
Quaker, Stephen Prothero, looks at the history of religious knowledge and education in America and comes up with many modern day example of amazing ignorance. Only 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions and 15 percent cannot name any. Only half Americans can name even one of the four gospels or the first book of the Bible. Prothero looks at the not so obvious reasons for this and proposes a bold soloution.

HarperOne 2008 372 PP. Paper

$14.95 (out of stock)

Signposts To The Future?

Creation Centered Spirituality And The Sea Of Faith

BY JOSEPHINE TEAGLE
Discusses two ideas current in modern Christianity, the "Sea of Faith Ideas" inspired by Don Cuppitt and "Creation Spirituality" developed by Matthew Fox. By trying to make sense of her own spiritual journey using these ideas she explores their implications for Quakerism and asks four questions of each; what is their worldview, the relationship of individual to community, ethics promoted, and the future they point to.

Quaker Universalist group (UK) 1997 26 PP. Paper

$6.50 (low stock)

Standing In The Light (paper)

My Life As A Pantheist

BY SHARMAN APT RUSSELL
"What IS, is divine; there is no god apart from the universe itself." In Standing in the Light, Russell explores the history of Pantheism from the Stoic philosophers to the Transcendentalists while reflecting on her own life during a year spent in the mountains and desert of southwestern New Mexico. She became a Quaker in 1996 after attending meeting for the previous 12 years, and Quakerism and its relation to her pantheism is the major part of her spiritual journey. A wonderful mix of nature, Quakerism and spiritual awareness of our numinous universe.

Basic Books 2009 306 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Surfing On The Sea Of Faith

The Ethics And Religion Of Don Cupitt

BY NIGEL LEAVES
Surfing is divided into three parts. The first looks at Cupitt on 'Ethics after God', the second 'Cupitt's Idea of Religion' and the third 'The Sea of Faith Networks'. The first two parts will be useful reading for those who never got round to reading beyond The Sea of Faith. In the 3rd section he gives a potted history of the origins and development of SoF movement around the world especially in the writings of David Hart, Stephen Mitchell, Anthony Freeman, Lloyd Geering, Graham Shaw, Hugh Dawes and John Spong.

Polebridge 2005 194 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

The Trouble With God

Building The Republic Of Heaven

BY DAVID BOULTON
Millions of people living in the so-called Christian West long for a thoroughly modern, intellectually defensible, emotionally satisfying faith which will be unashamedly religious and spiritual in its commitment, but frankly secular in its relevance to this world and this age. Of such is the republic of heaven, according to the author.

O Books 2006 240 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

Universal Religious Truths As Found In World Religions

EDITED BY SALLY RICKERMAN, A WORK BASED ON THE WORK OF S. E. FROST, MODERNIZATION BY RHODA GILMAN
A topical compendium of sayings from the world religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoraoasterianism. Topics with associated quotations include anger, friends, contemplation, peace, faith and justice. Each topic is on a separate loose-leaf notebook page so that each can be easily photocopied for individuals' class use and/or curriculum building,

Troll Press 2006 64 PP Looseleaf

$6.95 (out of stock)

Universalism And Spirituality

Quaker Universalist Reader Number 3

EDITED BY PATRICIA WILLIAMS
Essays and articles by David Boulton, Ralph Hetherington, Margery Post Abbott, Gene Knudsen Hoffman and 38 others. Taken from the Quaker Universalist Groups journal and our British counterpart. Topics grouped under God as Metaphor; What God?; Spiritual Experiences; Spiritual Journeys; Spirituality and Mysticism; Spirituality and Science.

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 2007 190 PP Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Universalism And Religions

Quaker Universalist Reader Number 2

EDITED BY PATRICIA A. WILLIAMS
Thirty-six Quaker authors from Britain and the U.S. write about "Universalism and Religions". Contributors include David Boulton, Chuck Fager, Bill Kriebel, Richard Allen & Ralph Hetherington.

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 2007 120 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

What Canst Thou Say? Voices From Richmond, Va Meeting

BY OTTO DAHLKE, ET AL
A presentation of Quakerism through what Quakerism means to each of a group of Friends who went inward and gave expression to that inner experience.

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 1995 45 PP. Paper

$4.85 (out of stock)

The World To Come

From Christian Past To Global Future

BY LLOYD GEERING
Lloyd Geering observes that we have come not only to the end of the millennium, but to the end of Christendom, the dissolution of Christian orthodoxy, the failure of modernism, and the end of old mythic certainties. In The World to Come, he sketches his vision of a new global spirituality that incorporates the best of our legacy from the past and promotes care for all living creatures and the earth itself.

Polebridge Press 1999 175 PP. Paper

$17.00 (low stock)