Without Apology: Collected Meditations on Liberal Religion

by A. Powell Davies, Forrest Church

Book by Davies, A. Powell, Church, F. Forrester

Genres: Religion

98 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Beth Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Taken from Davies sermons in DC during the 50, these thoughts are as relevant today as they were then. Forrest Church did a beautiful job of editing, although I must confess, I now want to read the entire sermons.

[Adrienne Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found that a number of these sermons still speak to me very deeply, especially the ones about what religion is for and who is welcome to Unitarian Universalism.

Anything addressing American politics was much less deeply convincing, especially as we know that Davies was aware of racial injustice, etc. He was working to desegregate DC businesses while he was at All Souls DC.

Anyway, this was a decent pick me up and recentering in my UU faith, but it has problems and you can't read it uncritically, which, honestly, is how we should approach all UU books.

[Stephanie Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful look at the history of theology in UUism. Some resonates well today, but it definitely leans into more of a protestant theology than I personally ascribe to, or see practiced in my congregation today. Still wonderful to read with some UU translation and learn from such a well renowned reverend.