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Title: To Re-Enchant the World: A Philosophy of Unitarian Universalism
ISBN: 1413466915
Author:
Richard Grigg
Publicate Date: 2004-12-20
Publish: 2004-12-20
List Price: $20.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Erudite book for the serious UU
This little book is reasonably interesting, though it tends towards the dry - probably more suitable for someone already on the UU path more than the idly curious. I found it helpful, and it answered a lot of questions I had about Unitarianism.
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2: A call for a return to a universalist roots
Unitarian Universalism is a small but influential religious movement in the United States and Europe. However, Griggs convincingly argues that given the desecularizationof the U.S., Unitarian Universalism - with its emphasis on an individual's right to determine her own religious beliefs and the belief that we can all view the sacred - provides a powerful religious vision for this culture. While not explicitly arguing from a Universalist perspective, I believe Grigg's book is a contemporary call to return to a more Universalist philosophy - that all religious communities can provide insight to the sacred and that we can create sacred spaces in our community for others to share - though the space may be sacred for different reasons. The book is short - too short - because I didn't want to put it down, and then I was done with it. The book energized me and I wanted to continue to explore these ideas. I look forward to more with this author.
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3: A Grand Synthesis of Philosophical and Religious Ideas
The central claim of Richard Grigg's "To Re-Enchant the World: A Philosophy of Unitarian Universalism" is to show "...that contemporary Unitarian Universalism, with its unique ability to bring together a plethora of different spiritualities within a single community, is a particularly powerful site for the re-enchantment of the world, for the rebirth of the sacred." (p.13)
In this his book succeeds admirably. Drawing on strains of thought from philosophy, psychology, poetry and a little dose of humor from pop-culture icons in the Simpson's TV series he weaves together a fine vision of what Unitarian Universalism strives for: a grand synthesis of religious ideas from the diversity of human culture. Grigg even includes a chapter for "A Contrarian Interlude" where he critiques his own book and answers possible objections.
In 100 pages, including informative footnotes on sources, Richard Grigg has given us a wonderfully compact, yet substantive book on contemporary UU thought.
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