March 20 Women's Leadership Day, Third Unitarian Church Chicago
June 23-27 General Assembly, Minneapolis Minesota
August 6-8 Summer WomanSpirit in Watervliet, Michigan
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| CURRICULA | BOOKS | CDs and MUSIC |
| Cakes | Cakes book | As the River We Flow BACK IN STOCK! 57 left |
| Gender Knot | Glorious Women | Breathe Me Open |
| Global Literacy | Great Goddess | Chants for the Queen of Heaven |
| Rise Up | Water Ritual | She Calls to Us |
| NEW! Crone Curriculum | Standing Before Us | She Calls to Us Songbook temporarily out of stock! |
| Revolution by Resolution Sunday service |
by Meg Bowman | by Laurie James |
You will find works by Nancy Vedder-Shults, Emily Melcher, Rev. Dorothy Emerson, Laurie James, Meg Bowman, Rev. Shirley Ranck, Elizabeth Fisher...and more!
IN ANCIENT
TIMESa five-session religious education curriculum in feminist thealogy for adults and older youth
by
Shirley Ann Ranck
ON THE
THRESHOLD a six-session religious education curriculum in feminist thealogy for adults and older youth
by
Shirley Ann Ranck
Both Volume One and Two of the long-awaited update of the popular feminist theology curriculum, Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, are available now.
The five-session adult religious education curriculum includes an introductory section featuring author Shirley's Ranck's "Statement of Feminist Thealogy," Elinor Artman's "Brief Herstory of Cakes," and Nancy Vedder-Shults, "Baking Cakes for the Queen of Heaven." The themes of the Session Plans are: The Sacred Female, In the Name of the Mother and the Daughter, Womanpower, The First Turning-From Goddess to God, and Reclaiming Women's Heritage of Peace." The resource section includes supplementary essays by a number of important authors, a listing of highly recommended materials, and the sheet music of songs by Carole Eagleheart and Ann Forfreedom for use with the curriculum. The curriculum also includes a CD-ROM with five Visual Programs to accompany the sessions, plus resource material for easy distribution to participants.
ON THE THRESHOLD, the six-session continuation of the course, is now shipping. In Part 2 of this new Cakes for the Queen of Heaven program we will continue our journey into the past to reclaim the stories of powerful women to be found in ancient Judaism and in early Christianity. We will also look at the global silencing and brutalization of women that accompanied the rise of patriarchal religion and society. Finally we will celebrate the exciting new world-view and thealogy that has emerged in our time, and explore the personal and social changes that may be suggested by that new world-view and thealogy. We will continue the complex process of telling a new story.
In addition, you may order Carole Etzler Eagleheart's CD "She Calls to Us," which contains many of the songs in the curriculum. Sound samples are available at the UUWR online Store, www.uuwr.org/store.htm. To read more about Cakes, exchange comments with other facilitators, and find resources for Facilitator Training, go to www.cakesforthequeenofheaven.org/blog.
UU Women & Religion, Publisher
Cakes Part I Funded in part by the Fund for Unitarian Universalism and the UU Women's Federation
. . . 5 sessions, $40
. . . 6 sessions, $40
Unraveling the Gender Knot: Challenging the System
that Binds UsA course for Unitarian Universalist adults and youths and our friends, published by UUWR in 2004. Topics in the seven two-hour sessions include gender, religion, feminism, economics, invisibility and denial, and how to challenge the patriarchal system.
Participants and co-leaders: * Examine religious writings that influence our beliefs about women and men * Study how the patriarchal system shapes women and men * Identify and practice confronting patriarchal actions by organizations, other people, and ourselves Participants learn that: * We are not responsible for our inherited patriarchal system, and we participate in it. * Paths of least resistance are easy to take and hard to recognize. * We can change our attitudes and behavior, and can influence others.
Course materials include a 100-page detailed course guide for co-leaders with handouts for participants, and two documentary films: Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics (National Film Board of Canada, 1995) and The Gods of Our Fathers (Green Lion Productions, 1994). More detail HERE.
| 100 page course guide . . . $30 | |
| Film: Who's Counting? DVD Format . . . $25 | |
| Film: Who's Counting? VHS tape Format . . . $40 | |
| Film: The Gods of Our Fathers DVD Format . . . $25 | |
| Film: The Gods of Our Fathers VHS tape format . . . $40 | |
| The course reference book is The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy, by Allan G. Johnson (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997). | Paperback is $19.95, ISBN 1-56639-519-4. Available from the UUA Bookstore (toll-free phone, 1-800-215-9076; online www.uua.org/bookstore) and from libraries, bookstores, and other online booksellers. |
Part of the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women To be held in Houston, February 26-March 1, 2009
As a way to prepare for the International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women, the Global Literacy Project: Weaving a UU Global Village Network provides a process and resources for educating ourselves and each other in global and cultural literacy, encouraging individuals, families, congregations, and women's groups to:
- Examine how we are connected with others around the world
- Explore the impact our connections have on others
- Consider ways to be in right relations with people in our global village
- Learn about UU and United Nations organizations that are working globally
- Consider what we know and what we need to know to be competent global citizens
- Strengthen our UU global village network
PLEASE ORDER SEPARATELY.
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A Woman-honoring Journey into Global Earth-based Spiritualities by Elizabeth Fisher
Now available in DVD, CD, and PDF formats with spiral bound
Leader's Guide and Sourcebook!
Originally published by the UUWF in 1995,
this multicultural and multimedia course has been experienced by thousands
around the world. Many have been profoundly moved by its exciting exploration
of sacred narratives that honor the cross cultural female divine, as well as
the many diverse and creative activities included.
This re-release contains
all the original content but is more flexible. Easier-to-use formats give
facilitators additional possibilities for programming. Components are sold as a
complete kit or separately. See
www.RiseUpandCallHerName.com for more detailed
information.
- Leader's Guide to 13 individual sessions, each running from 2-3 hours-with complete facilitation notes, orientation essays and group leadership guidelines; also suitable for solo use. Spiral bound.
- Two hour DVD of woman-honoring sacred art, both ancient and contemporary, that is sensitively narrated in 11 individual segments with full color menu.
- Music CD of chants, songs, stories, and instrumental selections which express the emotional essence of the journey. Selections playable in any order.
- 385 page Sourcebook in a PDF searchable file comprised of background and resources. It is recommended that each participant have a copy of this file or a printed version of this Sourcebook to use for home study. File can be shared with participants or additional copies of file on disk can be purchased.
- 385 page Sourcebook in spiral bound format, printed on recycled paper with a cover in black and white of the new Rise Up collage. Same content as the PDF file. Some participants may prefer the printed format. See Rise Up website for details.
| Complete Kit -- $100 Kit includes Sourcebook in both print form and disk form. |
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| Components individually: | |
| Leader's Guide - $25 | |
| DVD - $30 | |
| Music-CD - $20 | |
| Sourcebook on CD-ROM - $10 |
NEW!Becoming Women of Wisdom: Marking the Passage into the Crone Years, a curriculum in thirteen circles
By Melody Lee with Karen Edwards & Dorothy Emerson.
Now shipping!
Download an order form HERE (PDF).
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, by
Shirley Ranck, provides in book format the powerful lessons of the
life-transforming curriculum by the same author. The book version, first
published 10 years ago, makes this material accessible for women today. It can
be used by individuals or small groups to explore key issues women still
struggle with today. Cakes for the Queen of Heaven explores the relationship between women's religious history and the personal issues that arise in women living in this patriarchal society. Women struggle with issues of body image, troubled mother-daughter relationships, sexual freedom and access to power. We need to know that there was a time when the female body was sacred; that there once was a long-lasting religion in which the chief divine actors were a mother and her daughter; that in very ancient times women had significant power in their societies; that although patriarchal societies have oppressed women for centuries, there have always been strong and talented women. Our female history has been erased and trivialized for too long. In this book we meet ancient goddesses and their stories from around the world, real women in ancient Sumer, in Greece, in Judaism and in Christianity. In Cakes for the Queen of Heaven the past is before us, the women are there, and they help us change our lives.
Review from Helen Popenoe, past convener of UU Women & Religion:
To read this taste of the Goddess days, especially in discussion with others, can elicit an inner spiritual journey toward value and meaning as a pro-active adult. That exposure to Goddess power can lead to an increased sense of personal power, sense of dignity and self-worth, improved self-image, self-confidence and feeling valued. This book provides a grounding in seeing oneself as sacred.
GLORIOUS WOMEN: Award-Winning Sermons about Women-- edited by Rev. Dorothy Emerson . . . $17.95
Glorious Women is a compilation of
sermons that have won the MSUU Sermon Award. The book is edited by Dorothy
Emerson and includes her account of the amazing growth of women in UU ministry
from the early 1980s through 2004. The sermons are filled with insight to
inspire the translation of faith into action and the living of more authentic
lives. Glorious Women is a unique chronicle of women's changing lives and concerns, told through sixteen award-winning sermons. It is also the story of women in ministry and their rise from a tiny minority to over half of the Unitarian Universalist ministers in only twenty-five years. The sermons in this collection speak to the central issues of our times, issues that concern both women and men. Often drawing on historical women's lives and words for inspiration, thirteen women and three men explore the challenges of living lives of integrity and faith in today's world. By sharing their insight and wisdom, these authors encourage all who share their words to live more authentic lives and do what they can to work for a more just world.
Review from Marni Harmony, Minister, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, Florida, and Founding Member of MSUU:
The three decades since the founding of MSUU (Ministerial Sisterhood Unitarian Universalist) have seen not only a remarkable increase in the percentage of women in professional ministry but an equally remarkable transformation of the nature of ministry itself. Reading these sermons affords an opportunity to see what's been on women's (and men's) minds and how these concerns have contributed to the changes!
STANDING BEFORE US: Unitarian
Universalist Women and Social Reform 1776-1936 Edited by Dorothy May
Emerson ... $25We still confront many of the same issues faced by our foremothers. By engaging with these women of the past, we hope to empower and inspire today's women and men to continue the work of creating a world of justice and peace for all.--from the preface Standing Before Us presents 160 years of women's work. This long-awaited volume contains letters, essays, stories, poems, and speeches by Unitarian and Universalist women. The reformers and leaders represented here write and speak eloquently for social justice, equality in education, religious reform, and an end to slavery and prejudice. Includes a biographical sketch of each woman, and informative notes on the texts selected. SAMPLE.
GREAT GODDESS: Fact, Working Hypothesis, or Feminist Myth? BOOKLET . . . $6.00
 Great Goddess: Fact, Working
Hypothesis, or Feminist Myth? is a compilation of panel presentations given
at General Assembly 1992, edited by Dorothy Emerson. The panel and the
publication were sponsored by the Feminism Section of Collegium, Association
for Liberal Religious Studies, as part of its "Edge of the Wave" series,
coordinated by Betty Hoskins. The 40 page booklet, in part a discussion of
issues raised by Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, includes contributions
by Carol Graywing, Shirley Ranck, Carol Hepokoski, Holly Horn, Christa Heiden
Landon, Elizabeth Fisher, and Betty Hoskins. |
The Water Ritual BOOKLET ... $5.00
 Published by Pacific Central
District W&R, "The Water Ritual" by Carolyn McDade and Lucille Longview is
the original worship service "Coming Home, Like Rivers to the Sea: A Women's
Ritual," created for the November 1980 Women and Religion Continental
Convocation of Unitarian Universalists in East Lansing, Michigan. |
REVOLUTION BY RESOLUTION Sunday
Service booklet ... $5A Sunday service script/ritual developed by UU Women and Religion -- Developed by Nuala Carpenter, Laurie James, Doddie Stone, Geri Kennedy and Helen Popenoe. Written by Dorothy Emerson. Songs by Carolyn McDade.
Video of the presentation at General Assembly 2007 here.
BOOKS BY MEG BOWMAN
shipped separately from Hot Flash Press
 Readings for Older Women . . . 311 Pages
$12.00Feel good about aging - ageism, growing old gracefully, humor, happiness, living & dying, parenting, social change, rites & rituals, self acceptance, sisterhood, wisdom & serenity. |
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 Readings for Women's Programs
. . . 130 Pages $9.00Wonderful collection to open and close your meetings. |
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 Goddesses,
Witches and The Paradigm Shift . . . 230 pages. $15.00Readers theater on UU Women such as Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Jane Addams, Florence Nightingale and many more. |
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 Memorial Services for Women.
Non-theistic. 156 pages. $9.00 |
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 Women's History: Dramatic Readings . . .
210 pages. $13.00Sappho, Hypatia, Mary Wollstonecraft, Deborah Sampson, Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. |
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| Celebrating Ourselves . . . 142 pages.
$12.00 Biographies of the Pacific Central District Women & Religion. |
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 Four Women. 306 pages.
$20.00Ideal for readers theater: Agnes Smedley - An Independent Woman, May Arkwritgt Hutton - Hitch Your Wagon to a Star, Miria Matembe - Bog Mouth: An Untraditional Woman of Uganda, Who Was Sally Hemings? plus poetry and readings. |
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 Guide to Crone Rituals . . . 212 pages. $17.00
Source manual with 10 complete celebrations plus songs, poetry readings, etc. |
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 Women's Wisdom . . . 205 pages. $17.00Readers theater on Margaret Fuller, Catharine Greene, Juliette Gordon Low and an anti FGM dramatic reading and more. |
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| Shared Leadership. A how to booklet. $6.00
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| Revolution by Resolution. UU Resolutions for Women
1963 - 2006. $6.00 |
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 Feminist Classics: Women's Words That Changed the
World. 179 pages. $8.00Short articles, poems, book segments, humor from the "Second Wave of Feminism", designed as consciousness raisers. |
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 Lilith: Adam's First Wife . . .
$15.00Edited by Meg Bowman. For the Classroom, Women's History Programs, retreats, parties, lay-led services, and just for pleasure. Includes "George Sand: Deviant Extraordinaire" and Harriet Ross Tubman" plus "Moon Goddess" and Dorothy Satir's "Circle of Sisterhood." |
shipped separately
| Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller | |||||||
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The story encompasses the Transcendental circle of friends, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, Thomas Carlyle, Theodore Parker and many others. Revitalizes the noble spirit of the day - ideals of individualism, truth, beauty, harmony of nature, the divinity of humankind and faith in America. 500 pages, in quality paperback, featuring the full color Thomas Hicks portrait, with photos of the Transcendentalists, footnotes, page notes, bibliography, appendix, index. |
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| Outrageous Questions, Legacy of Bronson Alcott and America's One-Room Schools | |||||||
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The father of the author of Little Women, Bronson Alcott, believed children could learn by answering questions. This book speaks to the nostalgia of the "good old days," contrasting traditional methods with Alcott's groundbreaking ideas. Because Margaret Fuller, as teacher in his school, recorded his questions, his Conversation on Conscience is included, and readers can compare their answers with what students said in 1836. Appeals to both adults and children. 102 pages, in quality paper/hardcover. Creative suggestions for adults working with children, original drawings by John Hartnett, photos of one-room school houses, biographical information. |
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| How I Got to Harvard, Off and On Stage with Margaret Fuller | |||||||
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This is the behind-the-scenes story of how author/actress Laurie James "discovered" Margaret Fuller and finally presented a solo drama at Harvard with introductions by Buckminster Fuller, great-grand-nephew of Margaret Fuller, and with Radcliffe sponsoring a reception. James' drama "grew" as she survived limitations of grassroots facilities in libraries, churches, conference sites, colleges throughout the United States, Mexico, Hong Kong, Edinburgh, eventually touring theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Audiences hungrily asked questions, driving James to the library for answers. More information on Fuller was needed and James learned how to research and write books. In total, James challenges you to "get to Harvard" too, in your own unique way. 339 pages, in paperback, photographs including some never-before-seen of Buckminster Fuller, performance schedule, bibliography, index. |
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| The Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Fuller Ossoli | |||||||
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Zero in on the substance of
Fuller's brilliant mind and expression - words as relevant today as over a
century ago. Quotable passages. An intriguing sampler of Fuller's diaries,
journals, letters, articles and books, arranged by subject for easy
reference. 96 pages, in quality paperback, references, footnotes, bibliography. |
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| Why Margaret Fuller Ossoli is Forgotten | |||||||
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Fuller's book on equality - the first in America - sent shock waves throughout the USA and Europe. Author Laurie James traces how Fuller's achievement has been slighted as her first co-biographers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Clarke and Channing mutilated her letters and papers and portrayed her to conform to the standard of womanhood of the day. The facts show how scholars today have followed this same pattern. 72 pages, in quality paperback, footnotes, bibliography. |
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| DOCU-DRAMAS FOR STAGE PRESENTATION | |||||||
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follow-up discussion. Script, stage plan, director’s notes, program, marketing materials, license for one performance included. |
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| Roots of Rebellion – a docu-drama for
stage with audience participation. By Laurie James |
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Presents excerpts from the speeches
of the first women who dared to defy 19th century American code that it was a
"sin" for women to speak in public or church. Speeches reveal women pressuring
to effect change in laws on slavery, poverty, inequality, and women’s
right to vote. Groundbreakers are Frances Wright, Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Susan B. Anthony; each is described by a
woman eyewitness who attended the event. Excerpts of Gloria Steinem’s
writings highlight why even today women find it difficult to speak in public.
Included is the famous 1872 trial of Susan B. Anthony who had the audacity to
vote illegally. The audience may hiss or applaud the speakers in the spirit of
the 19th century. 1 hour. 14 adult roles, including 2 male roles (may be played
by women). |
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| Look Who’s On Third! – Part
1 Sliding Home! – Part 2 by Laurie James |
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Two docu-dramas for stage presentation, featuring women athletes who have made history by breaking barriers and exposing issues and attitudes in women’s sports. Real-life situations alternate with stories by famous and not-so-famous athletes. Flexible. 1 hour. 30+ characters, both male and female, ages ten through adult; actors may double/triple roles. | ||||||
 Chants for the Queen of Heaven CD by Nancy
Vedder-Shults...$15.00 |
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 Breathe Me
Open by Emily Melcher CD...$15.00 |
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 "As the
River We Flow" drumming and chant CDBACK IN STOCK WHILE THEY
LASTsample sound files HERE. |
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 She Calls to Us CD
...$15.00Songs to Celebrate the Goddess by Carole Etzler Eaglehart SOUND CLIPS (mp3): She Calls to Us Keep Walking in the Light May We Be Strong |
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 She Calls to Us
songbook ...$15.00Songs to Celebrate the Goddess by Carole Etzler Eaglehart (temporarily out of stock) |
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