Category: Religion & Spirituality

In the Interim : Strategies for Interim Ministers and Congregations

By: Child, Barbara, and Keith Kron

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Skinner House Books : 2013

Seller ID: 21836

ISBN-13: 9781558967021

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

270 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Gray-green softcover, [x] + 270 pages, index, bibliography, brief bios of contributors. ; Published under auspices, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. From blurb: "In this practical and insightful volume, interim ministers (who serve between settled ministers) and other congregational leaders provide a road map for a transformative and fulfilling interim period." ; Seven leaves have small wrinkles or spots near upper tips but everything is readable. No other defects.
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Seven Deadly Virtues, the : A Guide to Purgatory for Atheists and True Believers

By: Church, F. Forrester

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Harpercollins : 1988

Seller ID: 21845

ISBN-13: 9780060613730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

112 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, [x] + 112 pages, bibliography, eight poignant chapters or short sermons plus a benediction. ; Written by the Rev. Dr. F. Forrester Church, longtime pastor, All Souls Unitarian Church, New York City. ; Owner name and phone number penned on front endpaper. No other defects to book. Jacket faded on spine but still readable.
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Born Again Unitarian Universalism

By: Church, F. Forrester; Illustrated by Lynn Bryant

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Southwest District Unitarian Universalist Association : 1987

Seller ID: 21828

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

95 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Ivory-white paperback, [iv] + 95 pages, author preface, 4 essays. ; Copyright 1981. This is 5th printing, January, 1987. Printed by Cone-Lewis Printing Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cover design by Lynn Bryant. Lectures given in Tulsa at Southwest UU Summer Institute in 1981 by the great Rev. Frank Forrester Church, a leading light in modern theologically specific Unitarian Universalism. ; Covers show a few small spots, edges lightly sunned. Owner name penned on bottom edge. No other defects.
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Ladies ' Repository, The, Volume 16, January to December 1856 : A Monthly Periodical (Methodist)

By: Clark, D. W.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: L. Swormstedt & A. Poe : 1856

Seller ID: 17207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

764 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Tall thick hardcover. Leather-bound volume of 12 issues of the (Methodist) Ladies Repository, with brown marbled boards and endpapers, five compartments on spine, gilt spine lettering, about 64 pages plus 2 lovely full-page b/w engravings per issue. Includes complete index. ; Contains articles on current events, historical events, science, travel, Bible stories, Spiritualism, original fiction and poetry, Methodist news, more. ; Published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and A. Poe, publishers to Methodist Episcopal Church. Co-published in New York by T. Carlton & J....
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Life Sketches of Rev. George Henry Clark : By His Brother

By: Clark, Rev. Uriah

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Abel Tompkins : 1852

Seller ID: 21314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

160 pages; 12mo (7.25") 15 cm; Small hardcover, brown blindstamped cloth, gilt spine lettering, [viii] + 160 pages, pale yellow endpapers, b/w portrait frontispiece engraving of G. H. Clark with tissue guard. ; Beautifully written memorial biography of Universalist minister Rev. George Henry Clark (1821-1851) a teacher, poet, and founding pastor of the Universalist Church of Lawrence, Massachusetts. The author, his brother, Rev. Uriah Clark (1820-1887) was an antislavery activist, newspaper editor, MD, and founding secretary of the Universalist Sabbath School Association of Western NY. ; Very ...
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Ten Great Religions : An Essay in Comparative Theology

By: Clarke, James Freeman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company : 1892

Seller ID: 21166

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

528 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt title on spine, [xiv] + 528 pages, dark gray-green endpapers, top edge gilt, 2 indexes, footnotes. ; Copyright 1871. This is 13th edition (13th printing) 1892. Topics include: Confucius. Brahmanism. Buddhism. Zoroaster. Gods of Egypt, Greece, Rome. Teutonic. Jewish. Islam. Christianity. ; The Rev. James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888) was a pioneering theologian, professor of religion, founding pastor of Church of the Disciples, Unitarian, Boston; this book was landmark in new field of comparative religion. ; Old antique b/w book label an...
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Bold Experiment, a : The Charles Street Universalist Meeting House

By: Cleary, Maryell

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Meadville Lombard Press : 2002

Seller ID: 20933

ISBN-13: 9780970247933

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

186 pages; 8vo (9") 23cm; Pink softcover, [viii] + 186 pages, selected chapter endnotes, 2 b/w photos, 15 chapters by 16 experts including Clinton Lee Scott, David Bumbaugh, Charles A. Howe, Kenneth L. Patton, Alan Seaburg, Ernest Cassara. ; Copyright 2002. 1st edition stated. Code on rear page indicates 2010 printing. ; Amazing history of radical Universalist congregation founded in Boston in 1949, and of its innovative humanistic preachers, the Revs. Clinton Lee Scott and Kenneth L. Patton. ; No marks, no defects.
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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book : Leather Bound 1927 Edition

By: Concordia

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Concordia Publishing House : 1927

Seller ID: 21051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

566 pages; 24mo (5.75") 15 cm; Small hardcover, black leather binding, gold title on spine, 566 pages, rounded corners, all edges red gilt, 4 indexes, over 100 psalms and prayers, 112 versicles, 594 hymn texts, no tunes. ; Owner name and 1938 stamped in small gilt letters on lower front. Otherwise book shows only a touch of wear. ; Small Lutheran leaflet laid in. ; With this book you will also get its original drop-lid box, purple and orange, with original tag ('Ev. Luth. Hymn Book, Concordia Publishing House, WFG') worn and faded but intact.
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Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible : NAB, Green Leather, in Original Drop-Lid Box

By: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Catholic Book Publishing Corporation : 1991

Seller ID: 21834

ISBN-13: 9780899425795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

1684 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Green leather Bible with magnetic flap closure, 1684 pages, all edges gilt, family record section, tons of footnotes and cross-references, 38 maps, several color photos, chronology, glossary, liturgical index, doctrinal index, 60 full-color illustrations. ; 510/33GN. New American Bible, Personal Size Edition, stated. Roman Catholic imprimatur. Copyright 1970. This edition 1991. ; Owner name stamped in gilt on flap, easily hidden. No jacket, as issued. No sign of use. Original drop-lid box is pristine. ; Laid in: publisher's business reply card. (Amazonbuyers plea...
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Songs of Salvation, Word Edition : As Used by Crossley and Hunter, in Evangelical Meetings, and Adapted for Church, Grove, School, Choir and Home

By: Crossley, H. T.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: William Briggs : 1887

Seller ID: 24495

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

192 pages; 24mo (5") 13 cm; Small softcover meant to be carried in pocket or purse, brown cloth over covers, 192 pages, 2 indexes, appendix of scripture passages, appendix with short service with 7 songs and readings. This book gives lyrics to 246 hymns and songs of praise. No authors, no composers, no tunes given. ; Compiled and edited by the Rev. Hugh Thomas Crossley 1850-1934, noted Canadian Methodist revivalist and arranger of hymns; he often evangelized with the Rev. Jonathan Edwin Hunter 1865-1919, known as the Billy Sunday of Canada. ; Exterior worn at edges and tips. Small wrinkle to r...
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Liberal Context, the : Lot of 9 Issues, 1-17, 1961-1966, with Gaps

By: Cudhea, David W., with Anne Chiarenza, Gobin Stair, Orloff Miller

Price: $36.00

Publisher: American Unitarian Association : 1961

Seller ID: 20541

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

4to (10") 27 cm; Softcover. Lot of nine issues, numbers 1-17, with gaps. 24 to 40 pgs per issue. Edited by David W. Cudhea 1961-64, by Anne T. Chiarenza 1964-66. Includes: Articles by Sidney Hook, Marie Bardos, Ron Szoke, Barbara Massar, August Meier, Khoren Arisian, Arabelle Wagner Bergfeld, more. Art by Joyce Reopel, Richard Kellaway, Michael Mazur, Sam Edgerton, Jack Kramer, more. ; Photos by David Heath, Michael Peirce, C. Michalik, more (some nudes). Poetry by David Cornel Dejong, others. Also short stories, letters to editor, reports from 1965 Selma March, etc. ; Lot includes: Issue 1-2,...
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Parish Practice in Universalist Churches : Manual of Organization and Administration

By: Cummins, Robert

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Murray Press : 1946

Seller ID: 21234

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

158 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, teal-blue cloth, 158 pages, bibliography, 3 b/w illustrations and diagrams. ; Foreword by Ellsworth C. Reamon. Topics include: Local church. Local minister. Board of trustees. Organizations within the church. Leadership education. Public relations. Church records. General plan of denominational organization. More. ; Front endpaper has pocket and stamp of First Unitarian Universalist Chuch of Detroit. Otherwise book shows very little sign of use. Jacket sunned, chipped, with small label taped to lower spine, but everything is readable. Sold as...
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History of the Great Reformation, Volume 1 : Of the Sixteenth Century in Germany, Switzerland, Etc

By: D'Aubigne, J. H. Merle

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Robert Carter : 1843

Seller ID: 23272

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

390 pages; 12mo (7.25") 1 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine, tan boards, 390 + 2 pages, rag (cotton fiber) paper, footnotes throughout. ; History of European Reformation (splitting of Roman Catholic Church into Catholic and Protestant) from its so-called beginning in 1517 to 1518. This is volume 1 ONLY of a series of three. 12th edition, 1843, stated. Slip bound in further states, "The publisher of this edition deems it just to state, that it is the only genuine edition publishing in this country (US) ; the edition now in course of publication now in Philadelphia having omitted the notes, ...
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Protestant Church Music in America : Unitarian Layman's League

By: Davison, Archibald T.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: American Unitarian Association : 1920

Seller ID: 21218

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

51 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small tan softcover, 51 pages, no music. Includes appendix listing 40 anthems for mixed voices and 40 hymn tunes (selected from the New Hymn and Tune Book, Unitarian) illustrative of the type advocated by the author. ; This essay published 1920. Author later (1933) expanded it into a book. ; Archibald T. Davison was professor of music at Harvard for 41 years and is credited with creating a renewed interest in the US in early church music. In this essay he asks and answers three questions: What is wrong with church music today? What emotions should church music arouse...
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Ingersoll, Beecher, and Dogma : Or, a Few Simple Truths and Their Logical Deductions

By: Dement, R. S. (Richmond Sheffield)

Price: $32.00

Publisher: S. C. Griggs & Company : 1878

Seller ID: 17515

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

155 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Small hardcover, original reddish-brown cloth, black decor, gilt lettering, dark brown endpapers, 155 + 4 pages. ; Author describes the thoughts of Robert Ingersoll, famed agnostic lecturer, as infidel philosophy and compares them to a kaleidoscope of pretty little bits and pieces, and declares that the thoughts of Henry Ward Beecher, famed Congregationalist pastor, are like a pillar of fire by night. ; Complete title and subtitle: 'Ingersoll, Beecher, and Dogma : Or, a Few Simple Truths and Their Logical Deductions, in Which the Positions of Mr. Ingersoll and Mr...
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World Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The

By: Diffendorfer, Ralph E.

Price: $56.00

Publisher: Methodist Episcopal Church : 1923

Seller ID: 24037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

704 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black cloth, gilt lettering, [viii] + 704 pages, main text in 2 columns, 90 tables and charts, over 100 b/w maps, over 850 photos with captions. ; Copyright 1923. This is 5th printing, November, 1923. Published by Committee of Conservation and Advance, Council of Boards of Benevolence, Methodist Episcopal Church. Co-edited by Paul Hutchinson and William F. McDermott. Foreword by R. J. Wade. ; Not merely an overview of Methodist benevolence (hospitals, orphanages, schools, community centers, etc) but a basic history of Methodism in every major ...
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Slaves, Obey Your Masters : What the Bible Really Says about Slavery

By: Dodds, Elreta

Price: $17.00

Publisher: James C. Winston Publishing Company : 1996

Seller ID: 23695

ISBN-13: 9781555237349

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

152 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Purple softcover, [xiv] + 152 pages, appendix, endnotes, many scriptural quotes and references. Inscribed at length and SIGNED by author on title page and dated 1995. ; Published by James C. Winston Publishing Company, trade division of Winston-Derek Publishers Group, 1996. 1st printing stated. ; Topics include: Deity of Christ. Authority of Bible. Jesus was resurrected. Slavery defined. Kidnapping. Joseph. God's response to oppression. Slavery as a negative condition. Slavery and marriage. Slavery and brutality. Slavery and superiority syndrome. Slavery and authorit...
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Addresses by Professor Henry Drummond : With a Brief Sketch of the Author

By: Drummond, Henry, with W. J. Dawson

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company : 1891

Seller ID: 21159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

138 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, silver lettering, [iv] + 138 + 4 pages, dark gray-green endpapers, glossy frontispiece b/w photo of author with tissue guard, five evangelical Christian sermons and essays. ; The Rev. Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist and botanist who supported the theory of theistic evolution. ; Topics include: Love, the greatest thing in the world. Perfect life, the greatest need of the world. Dealing with doubt. Preparation for learning. Heaven, the bible, and the church. Plus a biography of Drummond by Rev. W. J. Dawson. ; Very light wear, ma...
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Magnificent Enterprise, the : A New Cosmic Revelation Disclosing the Secret of Obtaining Inner Wisdom

By: Drury, P. F.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Kimball Press : 1953

Seller ID: 19020

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

26 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Softcover booklet, blue leatherette covers, [vi] + 26 pages. ; 1st edition, 1953, stated. Complete subtitle: 'A New Cosmic Revelation Disclosing the Secret of Obtaining Inner Wisdom, Or, How to Tap the Secrets of the Universe Automatically.' ; Author explains how to awaken your inner light and use it as a positive influence in the world. ; Exterior shows only a touch of wear. Quite scarce. ; Laid in: card listing seven Laws of Scientific Religion or Pure Metaphysics, published by author, 1943.
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Almost Church, the : Redefining Unitarian Universalism for a New Era

By: Durall, Michael

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press : 2004

Seller ID: 22677

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

88 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [xiv] + 88 pages, endnotes. ; Topics include: UUism in need of greater purpose. Does your congregation have a soul? Criteria for successful churches. How to raise expectations of membership. Traits of effective leadership. More. ; Foreword by Rev. Marlin Lavanhar. Published by Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press under auspices All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the largest UU congregations in the world. ; Written for liberal religionists but suitable to any organization wishing to grow. ; No defects. Appears unused.
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Category: Religion & Spirituality