Mark W. Harris

If you have a romanticized heroic notion of Unitarian Universalist history, get ready for some shockers. More importantly, this book asks--given our checkered history with class issues and the abiding problems that have shaped us, how can we face our prejudices, reform our exclusionary ways, and create the truly open and welcoming religion that we can be?

NIcely done. I thought I understood this issue but the book helped me realize there is a lot more to it. Good resource.

"[The author], Mark W. Harris is the minister at First Parish in Watertown, Massachusetts. He is [also] the author of the 'Historical Dictionary of Unitarian Universalism and 'Among the Dry Bones: Liberal Religion in New Salem, Massachusetts.' Stephen Shick, [the] author [of] 'Be the Change: Poems, Prayers and Meditations for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers, [said of this work], 'Mark Harris has given us the gift of a well-polished mirror and challenged us to look deeply into our class-bound show more history. Insightfully and crisply written, 'Elite' reveals the limits of our vision and the length of our class bias. With compelling clarity, historic heroes and heroines, social reforms and denominational leaders come alive to ask us if we can break out of our class ghetto and become the universalist faith we profess.' Source: The book's back cover. This book is well-indexed. show less