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, 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 Katie
Spencer at kspencer@beacon.org.
A trailblazing memoir about one family's quest to face its slave-trading
past, and an urgent call for reconciliation
“Tom DeWolf’s deeply personal story, of his own journey as
well as his family’s, is required reading for anyone interested
in reconciliation. Healing from our historic wounds, that continue to
separate us, requires us to walk this road together.” —Myrlie
Evers-Williams, civil rights leader, chairman emeritus of the NAACP
(1995-98), and author of The Autobiography of Medgar Evers, Watch
Me Fly, and For Us the Living
A book that restores the idea of Paradise to its rightful place at
the center of Christian thought
"Every Christian theologian and preacher should read this book
and be profoundly challenged." —Professor James H. Cone, author
of Malcolm & Martin & America
"Challenges us to recover an ancient world view which is life
transforming and earth affirming . . . It may mark the beginning of
a paradigm shift in contemporary Christian understanding and interfaith
dialogue." —Reverend James A. Forbes, Jr., President and Founder
of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, Senior Minister Emeritus of
the Riverside Church of New York City
"Professor Ifill has written a sobering and eye opening book on
one of America's darkest secrets. On the Courthouse Lawn offers
a compelling examination of lynchings, and describes the failure of
people and institutions to adequately address one of America's tragedies.
Racial amnesia would suggest we forget this history. Professor Ifill
assures us that we can't—and should not—forget it. This is
a must read for anyone willing to examine our history carefully and
learn from it." —Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Executive
Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
A much-needed rallying cry for progressives concerned about our constitutional
first freedom—to worship religion freely, or not at all
“This is a book for every American. Gaddy and Lynn have provided
us with a volume that informs and challenges, as well as inspires and
guides us, on issues of vital importance." —Walter Cronkite
"If we forsake our freedom of religion, it's not the kind of thing
we can ask nicely to have returned to us when we realize later how much
we need it. First Freedom First explains why we ought to avoid
this mistake, but, crucially, also how to avoid it—how respect
for the First Amendment can unify even the most disparate elements in
America's spiritual life." —Rachel Maddow, Air America Radio
An investigation into the Religious Right, judicial nominees, and future
decisions on evolution, prayer in schools, abortion, and more
"A commendable and sobering account of the scope and significance
of the Christian Right's incessant efforts to make a mockery of core
constitutional principle. Not only does it elegantly review key Supreme
Court cases about religion, but points to the extensive range of social
issues the Right is working to get up for examination before our highest
court, an increasingly conservative body. If you are not sure that the
decisions of the Supreme Court 'matter much' to you in your daily life,
read The Court and the Cross and I guarantee you'll be rethinking that
position. The Court's erosion of your individual religious freedom and
the dictates of your conscience has already begun." —Rev.
Barry Lynn, author of Piety & Politics and Executive Director
of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
A young Muslim activist explains our critical need to counter the recruitment
of youth by religious fundamentalists
"Acts of Faith, a beautifully written story of discovery
and hope, chronicles Dr. Eboo Patel's struggle to forge his identity
as a Muslim, an Indian, and an American. In the process, he developed
a deep reverence for what all faiths have in common, and founded an
interfaith movement to help young people to embrace their common humanity
through their faith. This young social entrepreneur offers us a powerful
way to deal with one of the most important issues of our time."
—President Bill Clinton
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