Buddhist Voices in Unitarian Universalism

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558967060 ISBN 13: 9781558967069

Publisher: Skinner House Books, 2013

Both the seven principles and the six sources of Unitarian Universalism affirm and encourage Unitarian Universalists in exploring world faith traditions while maintaining their UU identity. This book brings together for the first time the voices of UUs who have become Buddhists while not sacrificing that identity, and Buddhists who have found in Unitarian Universalism a spiritual home where they can sustain a practice and join in an activist religious community that accepts and encourages who they are. Also included is an exploration of how American Buddhism has been influenced by Unitarian Universalism and how UU congregations are being changed by Buddhist practice.

About the Author:

SAM TRUMBORE is a Unitarian Universalist minister who serves the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, New York, and has practiced mindfulness meditation with Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts since 1984.

WAYNE ARNASON is a Unitarian Universalist minister and has been a Zen student since 1995. He leads a sangha (Buddhist community) affiliated with the Boundless Way Zen Community at the congregation he serves, West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church near Cleveland, Ohio.