Universalism (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. xxvi, 372pp. Perfectbound. Light shelfwear to tips and edges. Otherwise clean, unmarked copy. 'Stephen Fritchman: The American Unitarians and Communism ? A History with Documents. Author Charles Eddis. tells in detail how the American Unitarians struggled to reconcile hopes and good intentions with painful political realities emerging after World War II. The AUA (American Unitarian Association) awoke to find powerful pro-Soviet supporters ? including Fritchman ? in charge of their official magazine, their youth program, and their relief work in postwar Europe. The book?s broad historical canvas includes the FBI, the OSS (predecessor of the CIA), Soviet spies and agents, Stalin, and the US Communist Party set in the context of the ongoing evolution of American political radicalism. 'A very credible, accurate, well-balanced and humane study of the people who figured in this chapter in American Unitarian history, the issues at stake, the drama that unfolded.' J. Ron Engel. retired professor, Meadville/Lombard Theological School, University of Chicago.'.…

Paperback. Zustand: NEAR FINE. Volume 37. ix, 200 pp. Perfectbound. Slight stain to fore edge otherwise cover and pages crisp, clean, bright, unmarked. Impeccable condition. The Journal of Unitarian Universalist History (formerly the Proceedings of the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society) is published annually by the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society. The present volume includes a combination of lecture, essays, and book reviews.…

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Paperback. Zustand: FINE. Volume 37. ix, 200 pp. Perfectbound. Cover and pages crisp,clean, bright, unmarked. Impeccable condition. The Journal of Unitarian Universalist History (formerly the Proceedings of the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society) is published annually by the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society. Essays within this volume are published under the heading: 'Rethinking What We Know.'.…

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 168pp. Clean, sharp copy.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati: Thomas Whittemore; C. L Stickney; J. H. Gihon; J. A. Gurley, 1846. First edition, 1846. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering, 313 pages. Some reasonably light external wear and a few light colored spots, very old paper label with handwritten number on the spine (which is probably removable with some care), good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with occasional light foxing, handwritten note inside front cover: Univ. Church, Meriden, Ct. "Be ready always to show a reason"; no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: NEAR FINE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Complete in two volumes. 8vo's, sewn bindgings in khaki cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. 766, 1009 pp. B/W photo illustrated throughout. Both volumes very clean and sharp with no markings and just some trivial rubbing to the extremities. Short tear to vol. 1 dj at front head, Vol. 2 with a very large snagged tear to the front, both DJ's now wrapped in mylar. Miller's work is the definitive history of the Unitarian movement in America.…

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Publisher's brown embossed cloth, titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; viii,[9]-404; frontispiece portrait; [4]pp ads following text. A straight and attractive copy, with just mild spotting to cloth and a touch of wear at spine ends; internally sound and unmarked, with some faint and scattered foxing, heaviest on endpapers and prelims; a solidly VG copy. Contemporary ownership signature in pencil of Jeremy Bissell Esq. of Windsor, Connecticut. Biography, written by his youngest son, of the most important early expositor of Universalism in America. Ballou (1771-1852) is little-remembered outside of Universalist circles, perhaps because, unlike his cousin, contemporary, and fellow Universalist minister Adin Ballou, he rarely addressed political and social matters in his own writings or at the pulpit. Thus it is not surprising that this biography, written by his son, the prominent Boston journalist Maturin Ballou (a founding editor of the Boston Globe), does not address anything beyond Ballou's pastoral and doctrinal accomplishments. …

First Edition. Small, slim 12mo (16cm.); publisher's blue cloth, printed paper spine label; yellow coated endpapers; vi,[7]-108pp. Quite nice, with just mild overall rubbing and slight fading to spine cloth; spine label remains intact and bright. A superior copy. Bulfinch's third published book and first collection of poetry, written while he was serving as Assistant Pastor of the Second Independent (i.e. Universalist) Church of Charleston, South Carolina. The volume is dedicated to Bulfinch's superior, Rev. Samuel Gilman and is comprised in roughly equal measure of "Devotional" poems, on religious and patriotic themes; and "Miscellaneous" poems, including sonnets and occasional works. Bulfinch was the brother of Thomas, author of "Bulfinch's Mythology," and is mostly remembered today (if at all) as a hymnodist, composer of such once-popular works as 'Hath not thy heart within thee burned?" and "O, suffering friend of human kind.".…