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

The Complete "Yet Another Unitarian Universalist"

All the posts and comments from each year of the blog "Yet Another Unitarian Universalist." All sold at cost. All available as a free PDF download.

2005
382 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$12.14 + shipping.

2006
604 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$16.62 + shipping.

2007
568 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$15.98 + shipping.

2008
650 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$17.50 + shipping.

2009
602 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$16.54 + shipping.

2010
690 pages. 2011. Perfect-bound 6x9 in.
Available as a free PDF download.
$18.30 + shipping.

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.

Currently out of print.

101 pages. 2010. Perfect-bound 5.5x8.5 in.

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. Currently out of print.

428 pages. 2009. Trade paperback.

Coming in 2012

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.