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God and Other Famous Liberals: Recapturing Bible, Flag, and Family from the Far Right

7 reviews
F. Forrester Church

Walker & Company, 1996

Well written & pertinent!
Forrest Church has thoroughly researched our history and connected our founding father's thoughts & hearts to a much more liberal doctrine of spirit in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence than most conservatives will be ready to believe. His hypothesis that we were founded on liberal values that have been under attack from the beginning makes perfect sense, and is very important ...

The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders

4 reviews

Beacon Press, 2004

Excellent set of raw data, without much context
Mr. Church serves more as editor of source materials in the time of our nation's founding; the bulk of this book is dedicated to presenting the founding fathers' and framers' opinions regarding the eventually established American ideal regarding religious freedom, with very little context added by Mr. Church. His short analyses though are spot-on. Mr. Church's book presents, in their own ...

Lifecraft: The Art of Meaning in the Everyday

7 reviews
Forrest Church

Beacon Press, 2001

Glad This Book Came into My Life
Thank goodness, I took a breath from my hectic life to read LIFECRAFT:The Art of Meaning in the Everyday. I feel like have been given a present -- a present for every day of my life. In this breif book, Forrester Church offers pearls that enrich even the ordinary. Our personal lives are too precious to overlook and ignore -- no matter how hectic our schedules. Thank you, Dr. Church. Brin ...

Life Lines: Holding On (and Letting Go)

3 reviews
Forrest Church

Beacon Press, 1997

Wonderful, moving experiences of a skilled pastor
In Lifelines, the Harvard Divinity School-educated senior minister of New York City's All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church relates moving stories from his work in pastoral care, and offers a "guide for the perplexed". I recommend this book highly to anyone looking for insights into the conondrums and common miseries of daily life.

The American Creed: A Biography of the Declaration of Independence

3 reviews
Forrest Church

St. Martin's Griffin, 2003

TAPS INTO OUR OWN COURAGE AS AMERICANS
FORREST CHURCH's BOOK : AMERICAN PRIMER Forrest Church has done it again. In this time of world chaos and national confusion,he provides not only food for thought and understanding about ourselves and others around the world, but helps us tap into our own courage and re-dedication to our principals as we make choices about actions. He doesn't tell us how to think and act, but ...

Freedom from Fear: Finding the Courage to Act, Love, and Be

1 review
Forrest Church

St. Martin's Griffin, 2005

One of the best books I have read
This is a wonderful book. I found that the author's words spoke to me in a profound way. I realized that I was operating much more out of fear than I realized. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in leading a fuller, richer life.

The Jefferson Bible

45 reviews
Thomas Jefferson

Beacon Press, 2001

An interesting book from an historic standpoint.
This book is historically important, and used in US military schools as a template of good values. This book is merely a cut an paste of most of the "interesting values" in some of the gospels accepted and selected by the church. I do wish that Thomas Jefferson could include the recently discovered gospel of Judas, and also the gospel of Marie. This book should in my view be seen in the ...

Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church)

6 reviews
Forrest Church

Beacon Press, 2008

Love After Death
This is a MUST READ for anyone fearing their own death (and who doesn't?) or dealing with the death of a loved one. Written by a Unitarian Universalist minister dealing with his own impending demise, Forrest Church (son of the late Senator Frank Church of Utah) encourages us to appreciate the fact that we are very blessed to be alive at all, given the amazing series of events leading to our ...

So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State

9 reviews
Forrest Church

Harvest Books, 2008

Did Washington Really Say These Words?
For those who think the first five presidents were devout Christians, the news is not good. Nor is the news good for those who think the country was non-religious. There was indeed a "culture war" going on and the arguments were not unlike today's insultfest. Also like today, mutual slanders were propagated by the media, the politicians, and the pulpit. Some things never change. * Only ...

A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism

20 reviews
Forrest Church, John A. Buehrens

Beacon Press, 1998

Enlightening
This book was a wonderful introduction to Unitarian Universalism, a faith that I knew very little about. Often misunderstood as an "anything goes" new age religion, Unitarian Universalism has in fact a rich and long history with a lot of careful thought behind it.

Bringing God Home: A Spiritual Guidebook for the Journey of Your Life

1 review
Forrest Church

St. Martin's Griffin, 2003

A Moving and Personal Exploration of God and Life
Bringing God Home is a moving and personal exploration of God, of life, and of our many nomadic journeys to the divine. Forrest Church is a longtime Unitarian minister. He brings his many years of ministry to bear on his search for the divine and his search for himself. In between meditations on theology, he digs deep into his own experience. At the beginning, as he recounts his deepening ...

Restoring Faith: America's Religious Leaders Answer Terror With Hope (Audio Editions)

1 review

Audio Partners, 2001

Hope in the face of despair
I just read this book more than six months after the terrorist attacks. However, like most Americans I am still struggling with the emotional, intellectual, moral and spiritual challenges presented by those horrific events. These sermons are almost without exception intelligent, honest, sensitive and thought-provoking. There are common themes running throughout the book, but each also offers ...

Restoring Faith
Forrest Church

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