Building Your Own Theology Book list
This is a list of background and class reading for the building your own theology class, a book is only listed the first time it is used. Mostly this list is for facilitators to know what books they need.

Book locations are for the UIUC libraries
Class One
The Prophetic Imperative: UU foundations for a new social Gospel - Richard S Gilbert pp 68-93
Mans search for meaning - Viktor Frankl (p 97-137 for class eight)
EDU 131.346F85PEL
Values Clarificatin - Sidney Simon, Leland W Howe
EDU 170SI55V
Hymns for the celebration of life #160
Music M2131.u53.h91969
Class Two
If you meet the buddah on the road, Kill Him - Sheldon Kopp
Biography at Theology by James William McClendon Jr
Telling Your story by Sam Keen and Anne Valley Fox
Class Three
Religions, Values and peak experinces - Abraham Maslow
UG ST 201.6M37R
Varieties of Religious experince by William James
ST 291.4j23v UL 201/JAM
"The birds and the machine" by Loren Eisley in The Immense Journey pp 189-193
ST 575Ei8i
"The peach seed monkey" by Sam Keen in To a Dancing God pp 100-101
ST 170K2ST
Isaiah 6:1-8; Acts 9:19; Book of Ruth
Bible
"Discovery of the Reverence for life principle" by Albert Schweitzer in Out of my life and thought
"Expericne of black preacher" by Julius Lester in Look out whitey! Black powers gon' get your mama p 86-87
ST 301.451L567L
Diving deep and surfacing - Carol christ - preface ix,x
Pilgrim at tinker ceek - annie dillard pp22-23
UL 500.975/DIL
"what will happen to god" by naomi goldenberg in Changing of the gods pp 1-3
ST 291.17g56c
"The story of lilith" by Carol Christ in Woman spirit rising pp206-207
UG 261.83w84 UL 261.834/WOM
Class Four
On being human religiously - James luther adams pp 33-56 (pp 91-101 for class five)
UG 230ad180
Carl Sandburg Poem 'Wilderness' in Complete Collection
CL 811.54/SAN
Malvina Reynolds Recordings 'Somewhere Between' 'The Miracle'
(Malvina album Music library DISC M1630.18.R495M222, Rosalien Sorrel's 'Somewhere between', songbook 'little boxes and homemade songs ST 784.61R33L)
Class Five
Report of the Comittee on Goals UUA 1967
Songs - Ric Masten 'Stand up in the boat and sing a song cause we are going over the falls' (Times like these)
Song Carolyn McDade's 'under one moon'
Song Rosalie sorrell 'mighty river' (Somewhere between)
Class Six
uu pocket guide 1981 25-38
slide shows? 1) Meriting the wind we inherit 2) UU - three mini-histories 3) The UUA begins with you
Class Seven
"Continuities in childhood and adult moral development revisited' by Lawrence Kohlberg in Moralization the cognitive developmental approach
In a Different Voice - Carol Gilligan (Chapter 1) 'womans place in mans life cycle'
UG 305.42g415i UL 305.42/GIL
The life of choice: some liberal religious perspectives on morality p 3-23
Psychology today June 1981 'is it right? inquiry into everyday ethics'
CL Microfiche 6L/1428
song - malvina reynolds - magic penny (Rosalie Sorrels 'somewhere between')
Music DISCM1630.18R495M22 Songbook 'little boxes and homemade songs ST 784.61R33L
Class Eight
Purpose in life manual of instructions - James Crumbaugh
song - 'we are the music makers' 'who is in my temple' Who will answer - ed ames
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