Beacon Press: Resources for Unitarian Universalists
"Beacon is a vital part of our ministry, bringing our principles and practices to the wider world,as it was founded to do 150 years ago." —William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association
Resources for Unitarian Universalists
Welcome to Beacon Press's web site for Unitarian Universalists. Beacon Press is a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association and offers a variety of resources for UU individuals and congregations, including discussion guides for UU congregations and a History of Beacon and the UUA.
For the latest news from Beacon Press, you can also sign up for our e-newsletter for UUs. This newsletter will be sent twice a month with announcements of new titles, author appearances and general news of the press.
Individuals can buy Beacon Press books on this web site, at the UUA Bookstore and at bookstores everywhere.
UU Congregations and Congregational Book Stores wishing to place bulk orders should contact the UUA Bookstore at (800) 215-9076.
Beacon Press and the Martin Luther King Jr. Estate
On May 27, 2009, Beacon Press announced a new partnership with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. for a new publishing program, "The King Legacy." Beacon will print new editions of previously published King titles and compile Dr. King's writings, sermons, orations, lectures, and prayers into entirely new editions, including significant new introductions by leading scholars. This partnership brings together the legacy of one of the most important civil rights and social justice leaders in the world with one of the oldest and most respected independent publishing houses in America. Click here for more information.
Beacon Press, Unitarian Universalists, and The Pentagon Papers
On October 22, 2006, Beacon Press commemorated the 35th anniversary of publication
of The Senator Gravel Edition of The
Pentagon Papers—the first full edition of the top secret Defense
Department studies that exposed decades of U.S. decisionmaking in Vietnam.
On June 24, 2007, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman moderated a panel
at General Assembly with Dan Ellsberg, Senator Mike Gravel and Former UUA
President Bob West on the role of Beacon Press in publishing the Pentagon
Papers. Click here
for more information.
UU Affiliates
Beacon Press welcomes the following UU groups to our affiliate program: Unitarian
Universalists for a Just Economy (UUJEC),
Unitarian Universalist Retired Ministers and Partners Association (UURMAPA),
and The Unitarian Universalist Ministers' Association (UUMA).
If your UU group is interested in becoming an affiliate, please contact Kathryn
Wyle at kwyle@beacon.org.
A new collection from an icon in and out of the LGBT community
"I Told You So is true, terrifying, and coffee-out-your-nose funny. I love Kate Clinton. Buy the book, or I'll sic the NSA on your ass."
—Rachel Maddow, Host of "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC and Air America
“Kate Clinton’s cultural perspective—sharp, insightful, 90 degrees from where most folks believe ‘normal’ should be—both warns and warms my heart. She also makes me laugh until my ribs ache.”
—Gini Courter, moderator, Unitarian Universalist Association
A book that restores the idea of Paradise to its rightful place at
the center of Christian thought
“As a work of Christian historical theology, this is one of the most important books of the current generation. . . . [The authors] give us hope through their active nostalgia for a once dominant form of Christian thought and practice that we desperately need to recover today.”
—Reverend John A. Buehrens, President of the UUA, 1993–2001
Worship materials and other information on the book are available at www.savingparadise.net.
The culmination of the spiritual thought of a preeminent liberal theologian
“Forrest Church is a towering public intellectual and the leading Universalist philosopher of his generation. This last testament to his prophetic thought and witness is a gift of faith, hope, and love to us all!”
—Cornel West, author of Race Matters
A much-needed rallying cry for progressives concerned about our constitutional
first freedom—to worship religion freely, or not at all
“[Church] has given us the ultimate gift: a treatise on life's meaning revealed in the face of his own impending death. . . . Witty, eloquent, gracious, with not a touch of the maudlin. Once again, Forrest teaches us how most passionately to live.” —Reverend William F. Schulz, President of the UUA, 1985–1993
Growing up fundamentalist and female—and maturing into a feminist
"Campbell’s wry wit and ability to break down Scripture crown her the Sarah Vowell of feminist theology. A must read for anyone who’s wrestled with coming to terms with women’s social roles in her own faith."
—BUST
A journalist's investigation of a Christian Right movement in which women put their fertility in the service of a patriarchal culture war
"The stories Kathryn Joyce tells in Quiverfull are both riveting and deeply disturbing. This important book shines a light on a corner of the Christian right that has taken misogyny to sadomasochistic extremes, and reveals the sexual anxieties so often underlying modern fundamentalism."
—Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
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