Category: Religion & Spirituality

At the Beautiful Gate of the Church : (Methodist Church) a Probationers ' Handbook

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Jennings & Graham : 1909

Seller ID: 22769

Condition: Very Good+

63 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small gray softcover, 63 pages, 9 chapters, each with Bible readings, lessons, etc, plus appendix of 100 questions for study. ; Published by Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Graham, and New York: Eaton & Mains, 1909. Written by noted Methodist Episcopal (Methodist) class leader Willard Nathan Tobie of Springfield, Illinois. Later reprinted as "At the Beautiful Gate of the Church: A Membership Handbook." Instructions for new church members who must learn these basics before they are welcomed into Full Connection. ; Front cover lightly creased. Slightly rustystaples. No ot...
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Tracts of the Baptist General Tract Society, The, Volume 1 : Numbers 1 - 29

By: Tract Society

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Baptist General Tract Society : 1828

Seller ID: 23900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

344 pages; 12mo (7.25") 18 cm; Small hardcover bound in marbled leather, red title band on spine, 4 to 24 pages per tract, about 344 total pages, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout, several poems and hymn texts interspersed, 1 diagram showing stages of intemperance, 11 small b/w illustrations, 29 tracts by various authors. ; Tracts are devotional pamphlets written to inspire the denomination and to convince non-members to join. Spine title: "Tracts B. G. T. S. 1" ; Authors include: Andrew Fuller. William Ward. John Berridge. Mrs Sarah Hamilton. Ira Chase. S. H. Cone. William Rust. Rev Doddrid...
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Woman's Ministry, a : Mary Collson's Search for Reform as a Unitarian Minister, a Hull House Social Worker, and a Christian Science Practitioner

By: Tucker, Cynthia Grant

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Temple University Press : 1984

Seller ID: 20042

ISBN-13: 9780877223382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

218 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, tan boards, [xx] + 218 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes. ; Series edited by Allen F. Davis. Fantastic biography of well known 19th-century pioneer woman minister by noted professor and scholar of American, Unitarian, and women's history. ; A touch of edgewear to jacket. No other defects. Last few leaves unopened. ; American Civilization Series
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Twelve Sermons Delivered During the Session of the United States Convention of Universalists : In the City of New York, September 15-16, 1853, Together with a Portrait of the Author of Each Sermon

By: Usher, James M.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: James M. Usher : 1853

Seller ID: 20073

ISBN-13: 9781437436464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

285 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, brown embossed cloth, gilt decor on front, all edges gilt, 285 pages, 12 sermons, 12 exquisite portrait engravings with tissue guards. ; Sermons by the Revs. Townsend P. Abell, Otis A. Skinner, Alonzo A. Miner, William Henry Ryder, Hosea Ballou 2nd, Ebenezer Fisher, Isaac Dowd Williamson, Alexander G. Laurie, Samuel P. Skinner, George Washington Montgomery, Thomas Whittemore, Moses Ballou. ; This is an actual book from 1853, not a flimsy overpriced computer-generated reprint. We are sorry that Amazon forces us to list it under a modern ISBN. ; Heavily worn...
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Treasures, Message Number 21 : Trotty Veck Messengers

By: Veck, Trotty

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Trotty Veck Messengers : 1932

Seller ID: 19061

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

16 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small orange softcover booklet, 16 unnumbered pages. ; Corny jokes, aphorisms, inspirational quotes on unselfishness and cheerful habits, etc, published in Adirondack Mountains by Society of Trotty Veck Messengers, who bring good cheer to all. ; Small spot on front cover. Two pages have pencil marks circling specific quotes. One leaf has a small closed tear not affecting any text. No other defects. Scarce. ; Message Series; Vol. 21
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Belief and Unbelief : 22 Feminist Essays

By: Walker, Barbara G

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Humanist Press : 2014

Seller ID: 23030

ISBN-13: 9780931779565

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

175 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Yellow and black softcover, [vi] + 175 + 5 pages, chapter endnotes, bibbliography, brief glossy of New Age terminology with sarcastic definitions. ; From blurb: "Barbara G. Walker, bestselling author of The Woman's Encyclopdia of Myths and Secrets, presents 22 essays that cover the spectrum of religion to non-religion, showing how religion has been perverted from its naturalistic roots to a patriarchal orgy of violence." ; Light shelf wear, gift note penned inside front cover.
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Why I Am Not a Muslim

By: Warraq, Ibn

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Prometheus Books : 2006

Seller ID: 23433

ISBN-13: 9780879759841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

402 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black boards, [xvi] + 402 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, glossary. ; Copyright 1995. This is 8th printing, 2006. Foreword by R. Joseph Hoffmann. "A well-researched and brilliant rationalist critique of Islam, published under a pseudonym, written by a recovering ex-zealot." ; No defects to book or jacket.
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Universalist Trumpet : Volume 12, Volume 13

By: Whittemore, Thomas

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Universalist Trumpet : 1830

Seller ID: 22097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

416 pages; Folio (20.5") 52 cm; Very large heavy hardcover, 14 x 20.5 inches, 36 x 52 cm, tan leather over spine and tips, marbled boards, 4 pgs per no, 416 total pgs, rag (cotton fiber) paper, all edges yellow, 2 indexes, text in 5 columns. ; Bound volume. Topics include: Religious news. Political news. Denominational news. Poetry. Marriages and deaths. Theological arguments and expositions. More. ; The Rev. Thomas Whittemore (1800-1861) was a powerhouse of the Universalist denomination: as printer in Boston his firm evolved into Universalist Publishing House, editor of weekly Trumpet 33 yrs,...
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Our Unitarian Heritage : An Introduction to the History of the Unitarian Movement

By: Wilbur, Earl Morse

Price: $52.00

Publisher: Beacon Press : 1926

Seller ID: 20166

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

495 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, [xiv] + 494 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, chronology, b/w endpaper maps. ; Copyright 1925. This is 2nd printing, March, 1926. ; The Rev. Earl Morse Wilbur was professor of history, professor of practical theology, and president of Pacific Unitarian School for Ministry (now Starr King School for Ministry) for over twenty years. This excellent book was written for classroom educational uses but is suitable for self study. ; Only a touch of exterior wear. Owner name in ballpoint (faded) on front endpaper,...
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Our Unitarian Heritage : An Introduction to the History of the Unitarian Movement

By: Wilbur, Earl Morse

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Beacon Press : 1963

Seller ID: 20754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

495 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, silver lettering, [xiv] + 495 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, chronology, appendix of early Christian creeds, b/w endpaper maps. ; Copyright 1925. This is 6th printing, 1963. ; The Rev. Earl Morse Wilbur was the leading historian of Unitarianism in the first half of the 20th century. He was the first Dean and the first Professor of History at the Pacific Unitarian School for Ministry in Berkeley, California, 1904-1931.; Light wear to cloth at extremities. No marks. No jacket. Scarce.
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Diamond Dust

By: Willing, Jennie Fowler

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Hitchcock & Walden : 1880

Seller ID: 14802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

242 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, dark reddish-brown cloth, gilt title on spine, pale yellow endpapers, 242 pages. ; This is an actual book from 1880, not a recent flimsy overpriced reprint. ; Title page states Hitchcock & Walden, publisher name on heel is Walden & Stowe. Title and copyright page both state 1880. ; Religious exhortations, philosophy, and life observations by Methodist lay preacher Jennie Fowler Willing (1834-1916) part of holiness movement, founder of New York Evangelistic Training School and Settlement House, NYC, 1895. ; Topics include: Thinking. Getting rich. How to ge...
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Religious Humanism, Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 1968 : A Quarterly Journal of Religious and Scientific Humanism

By: Wilson, Edwin H.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Fellowship of Religious Humanism : 1968

Seller ID: 20703

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

48 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; White softcover, 48 pages, chapter endnotes. Religious Humanism, Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 1968. ; Contents include: Message from Lester Mondale. Crisis in humanism by Paul Kurtz. Computers and human values by John M. Morris. Bertrand Russell's social criticism by Elizabeth R. Eames. Dewey's idea of religious and unreligious by David A. Law and Peter A. Angeles. More. Plus book reviews, letters to editor, etc. ; Covers lightly sunned, light foxing near edges. Originalprice penned on front, very small. No other marks or defects. Scarce.
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God Stood Between : Personal Experiences of Miss Henrietta Wilson, Missionary of the South China Boat Mission

By: Wilson, Henrietta

Price: $16.00

Publisher: First Baptist Church : 1948

Seller ID: 18281

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

22 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Softcover, ivory-white leatherette covers, stapled binding, 22 glossy pages, b/w portrait photo of author. ; Published by First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Michigan, 1948, and co-published by South China Boat Mission, Chicago, Illinois. Foreword by R. R. Walker. Introduction by the Rev. H. H. Savage. ; Author spent several years as a missionary in China 1930s-1944 and for nearly 2 years was interned by Japanese at Stanley Prison Camp, Hong Kong. ; Covers lightly sunned, small spot on front cover, a touch of foxing. Inside front cover inscribed in fountain pen 'From H...
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Biblical Perfection : (Signed) the Theology of Perfection as Revealed in the Word of God, Especially in the New Testament Scriptures

By: Wiseman, Peter

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Peter Wiseman : 1955

Seller ID: 21353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

53 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Small hardcover, blue cloth, [x] + 53 pages, 7 chapters, brief author bio. Front endpaper inscribed and dated 1955 and SIGNED by author in fountain pen in a large hand. ; Written by noted evangelical Lutheran pastor, longtime president of Annesley College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Printed by Butler & Tanner, London, England. ; Very little wear. Cloth spotted. Main defect: former owner, an independent pastor, underlined passages on 11 pages in pencil. We have left these marks in place. Binding tight and square.
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Stream of Light, a : A Sesquicentennial History of American Unitarianism

By: Wright, Conrad

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association : 1975

Seller ID: 10944

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

178 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, index, appendixes, endnotes, several b/w illustrations, mostly portrait photos of noteworthy Unitarians, with brief captions. ; 1st edition, 1975. UUTopics. ; Co-authors: Charles C. Forman, Daniel Walker Howe, David B. Parke, Carol R. Morris. Coordinator Carl G. Seaburg. Book designed by Susan Bank. Copy editor Wilfred Gagnon. Index by Mary Jean Seaburg. Cover photo by James M. Hutchinson. Drawing of 25 Beacon Street by Clark M. Goff. ; Donor name penned on half title. Covers worn and faded, a few spots to rear, everything readable. Binding tight ...
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Stream of Light, a : A Short History of American Unitarianism

By: Wright, Conrad

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association : 1985

Seller ID: 11179

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

178 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, 178 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendixes, numerous medium-quality b/w photos, mostly portraits of ministers, movers and shakers. ; UUTopics. Index by Mary Jean Seaburg. Project coordinator Carl G. Seaburg. Copyright 1975. This is 4th printing, 1985. ; This book is being offered by Alan's Used Books (gwenfoss d o t c o m) on behalf of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, all proceeds to same. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Spine a bit faded but quite readable. No other flaws.
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Africans Who Shaped Our Faith : A Study of 10 Biblical Personalities, Student Guide (Signed)

By: Wright, Jeremiah A. Jr, with Colleen Birchett

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Urban Ministries : 1995

Seller ID: 23244

ISBN-13: 9780940955295

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

315 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Yellow, green and purple softcover, 315 pages, bibliography, chapter endnotes and study questions, small map of Africa. Inside front cover inscribed and SIGNED by author, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. ; 1st edition, 1st printing, 1995, stated. Rev. Wright was famed pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, which he grew from less than 100 members to over 8000, and where the membership included a young Barack Obama. ; Topics include: Asenath, Shiprah and Puah, Jethro, Zipporah, Ebedmelech, Jesus, Peter, Paul, the Ethiopian Eunuch. ; Book shows a touch of shelfwe...
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Inconsistencies and Contradictions of Jesus, the : And Other Studies and Reviews

By: Yarros, Victor S.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Haldeman-Julius Publications : 1949

Seller ID: 20666

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Brown softcover booklet, 32 pages, main text in 2 columns, b/w portrait photo of author, 9 essays, 26 reviews of radical books. ; Topics include: Inconsistencies and contradictions of Jesus. Decline and dissolution of philosophy. Nonsense from John Foster Dulles and Bertrand Russell. Has science failed us? [No] My association with Benjamin R. Tucker. Creative human evolution. What's wrong with transvestism? [Nothing] One race, one civilization. Much more. ; Almost no sign of use. No marks or defects. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. Binding tight. Scarce. ; ...
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Livnot U'LeHibanot Songbook, the

By: Zarovsky, Meir; Illustrated by Eva Dorfman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Livnot U'Lehibanot : 1986

Seller ID: 20916

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

70 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small green and white softcover, 70 pages, 42 b/w photos and line illustrations, 80 songs with Hebrew lyrics and English translations. No tunes. ; Topics include: Friday night and Shabbat day songs. Seudah shlishit and havdalah. Songs for yom tov. Wedding songs and miscellaneous. ; One very small ding to front cover. No other defects. Scarce.
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Amplified New Testament, the : Student Edition Complete, with Original Droplid Box

By: Zondervan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House : 1958

Seller ID: 22968

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

989 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small softcover, dark red leatherette covers, 989 + 16 pages, dark red endpapers, top edge inked dark red, fine lightweight paper, footnotes. ; "Student Edition Complete" stated on front. Copyright Lockman Foundation, 1954. This is 21st printing, 1958. Blurb: "The Amplified New Testament, Catalog Number 9004, Red Genuine Leather [bonded leather], Indo-Text Paper, Flexible Covers, Morocco Grain, Zondervan Publishing House." ; A revision of the American Standard Version, the Amplified New Testament contains references to various texts in original languages and adds...
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Category: Religion & Spirituality