Members and friends often ask us for a ‘recommended reading list’. The following list is by no means exhaustive. 

The following list is intended to be an introduction to Unitarianism and Unitarian Christianity for those readers or enquirers who may know little, if anything, of Unitarianism. Although some of the texts are out of print, most can be obtained easily from booksellers or online.

 
Unitarianism and Liberal Christianity
1. Jeremy and Rosemary Goring: The Unitarians (Christian Denominations Series- Religious and Moral Education Press 1984)

2. Arthur J. Long: Faith and Understanding: Critical Essays in Christian Doctrine (Lindsey Press, 1963)**

3. Dennis G. Wigmore-Beddoes (ed): Concerning Jesus: A Symposium (Lindsey Press, 1975)**

4. George Chryssides: The Elements of Unitarianism

(Element Books Ltd, 1998)

5. John Hostler: Unitarianism (The Hibbert Trust, 1981)

6. A Richard Kingston: God in One Person: The Case for Non-Incarnational Christianity

(Macmillan Press, 1993)

7. A.S. Maney: A Faith for Living (William Sessions Ltd: Ebor Press, 1992)

8. John McLachlan: The Divine Image: Religious Humanism from Homer to Hammarskjold

(Lindsey Press, 1972) **

9. Cliff Reed: Unitarian? What’s That?

(Lindsey Press, 1999, 2018) **

(** Texts marked ** are available online in full on the national Unitarian website, under ‘Resources’

– the tab is at the bottom of the webpage. The link is:  https://www.unitarian.org.uk/resources/page/4/   )

 
Unitarians and Social Concern
1. Geoffrey Head: Far-Off Magic: The story of Unitarian commitment to providing holiday and convalescent homes (The Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, 2006)  

Animal Welfare
1. Gary Kowalski: The Bible According to Noah: Theology as if Animals Mattered (Lantern Books, 2001)

Devotional Material
1. Andrew J. Brown and John C. Morgan: Daybreak and Eventide (published by Lighthouse Editions for the Unitarian Christian Association, 2007)

2. John Nichols: A Wind Swept Over The Waters: Reflections on 60 Favourite Bible Passages (Skinner House Books, 2007)

3. Cliff Reed: Sacred Earth: Words for Prayer and Reflection (Lindsey Press, 2010)