Fish Island Books

Books and resources relating to liberal religion and spirituality that I have developed for congregations I have served. All materials are printed on demand by an online printer; the links below will take you to lulu.com.

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Current titles

Cover for Tales from Near and Far.Tales from Near and Far, old tales retold by Dan Harper

Stories for liberal religious kids, in four sections: “Tales of Real People,” “Stories from the Bible,” “Stories from the Lives of Buddha,” and “Tales from around the World.”

This is a field test version of a curriculum resource being used in the Sunday school of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto in 2009-2010. This is a field test edition, and contains typographical and other errors. Tales from Near and Far, revised edition, will be available in early 2011 after feedback from the field test has been integrated.

101 pages. 2010. Perfect-bound 5.5x8.5 in.
$4.02 + shipping (sold at cost).
Also available as a free PDF download.

Cover image from Folk Choir Song BookThe Folk Choir Song Book, collected and arranged by Dan Harper

31 songs for use in liberal religious worship services. Includes guitar chords, and straightforward vocal arrangements to help singers learn how to improvise harmony.

Songs include “Trouble in Mind,” “Apple Tree Wassail,” “Thula,” “This Little Light,” and more. As used by the Folk Choir of First Unitarian in New Bedford from 2007-2009.

45 pages. 2009. Coil-bound 8.5x11 in.
$11.98 + shipping.
Purchase of one copy gives you permission to make multiple copies of each song for your congregation.

Cover of Liberal Pilgrims book.Liberal Pilgrims: Varieties of Liberal Religious Experience in New Bedford, Massachusetts, sermons and essays by Dan Harper in honor of the 300th anniversary of First Unitarian in New Bedford.

Unitarians, Universalists, and other religious liberals in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Essays on Rev. William Jackson, the first African American minister to declare himself a Unitarians (in 1860); Mary Rotch, a primary influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and theologian in her own right; Rev. John Murray Spear, Universalist and abolitionist; Tryworks Coffeehouse, an outreach program to teens; and more.

This title is currently being revised

428 pages. 2009. Trade paperback.
$9.46 + shipping (sold at cost).
Also available as a free PDF download.

Coming in 2010-2011

A Treatise on Atonement by Hosea Ballou, modern reader's edition edited by Dan Harper. The classic statement of Universalism in an attractive and affordable paperback version. Will also be available as a FREE PDF download. Available by December, 2010.

More Tales from Near and Far, more stories for liberal religious kids, in four sections: “Tales and Adventures of Real People,” “The Adventures of Moses,” “Tales of the Rabbis,” and “Greek Gods and Goddesses,” and “Tales from Around the World.” This will be a field test version. Will also be available as a FREE PDF download. Available by October, 2010.