Worship Resources
Embracing Social Class Inclusion Worship Service 2019 is a new resource, one of a number on our website, developed by UU Class Conversations, to help your congregation or organization begin or continue its sacred journey to a class-inclusive community.
Resources for a “Deep Dive” into Exploring Class and/or Classism
Here is a short list of resources developed by and/or for Unitarian Universalists on class and classism. We invite you to share information on other relevant resources in the comments section below.
Commission on Appraisal Class Action: The Struggle with Class in Unitarian Universalism by The Commission on Appraisal
StudyGuide 4 Class Action Book: Filled with study questions and additional information, the Study Guide Extended Issue, developed by members of the UU Class Conversations Steering Committee, will enhance your Class Action user experience.
Conversations on Race, Class and Theology Advance Congregational Dialogues on Urban Issues.
Harris, Mark W. Elite: Uncovering Classism in Unitarian and Universalist History. Purchase the $10 paperback. And access the discussion guide.
Harris, Mark W. (2011) “A Faith of the Few?” UU World, pp 22-27
Harris, Mark W. (June 2008) A Faith for a Few? a lecture given at the UUA General Assembly, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Muder, Doug. (Fall 2007) “Not My Father’s Religion,” in UU World
Current Study/Action Issue – Escalating Inequality
Universal Class Issues
Strategies for Addressing Class
Collins, Chuck, 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It, Berrett-Koehler, 2012.
United for a Fair Economy website
Turpin, Cadence, A Better Way to Introduce Your Friends at Parties, storylineblog.com
Available for purchase from our partner Class Action
Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America, a book by Barbara Jensen
Created Equal, the only high school curriculum on class and classism
Cross-Class Dialogue Manual, Class Action’s founders guide others to replicate their transformative experience
Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle Class Activists, a book by Betsy Leondar-Wright
The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide
Enough, DVD and curriculum, a conversation-provoking 11-minute video by 13-year-old Zoe Greenberg.
Intersection of Class and Other Forms of Bias
hooks, bell. Where We Stand: Class Matters. Routledge, 2000
James, Selma, Sex, Race and Class – The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings 1952-2011, PM Press. 2012
Lubrano, Al, Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams, John Wiley & Sons, 2003
Stout, Linda, Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing, Beacon, 1996
