Unitarianism: (www.uua.org) The Epic of Unitarianism by David Parke, Why I Am A Unitarian by Jack Mendelsohn, and Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism by Conrad Wright.
Unity School of Christianity: (www.unityonline.org) Metaphysical Bible Dictionary (written by Charles Fillmore), Prosperity by Charles Fillmore, The Story of Unity by James Dillet Freeman, The Unity Way of Life by Marcus Bach, Unity for the Millions by Kam Lytton, H. Emile Cady’s Lessons In Truth, and Dare To Believe! by May Rowland.
Universalism: A fantastic history is The Larger Hope by Russell E. Miller. Other historical books include The Larger Faith by Charles Howe and American Universalism by George Huntston Williams. Classic Universalist works are A
Treatise On Atonement by Hosea Ballou, The Modern History of Universalism and The Plain Guide To Universalism by Thomas Whittemore, The Social Implications of Universalism by Clarence R. Skinner, and Not Hell, But Hope (ed. Charles A. Howe).
Urantia: (www.urantia.org) The Urantia Book (naturally), as well as Martin Gardner’s critical Urantia: The Great Cult Mystery.
Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism: Besides The Tibetan Book of the Dead, absolutely necessary is The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Other books are The Joy of Living and Dying In Peace and Freedom In Exile (an autobiography) by the Dalai Lama (one of the great religious spirits of our time), Death and Dying by Glenn Mullin, Essential Tibetan Buddhism by Robert Thurman, and Chögyam Trungpa’s Glimpses of Abhidharma and Born In Tibet.
Vedanta (see also Hinduism and Indian [East]): (www.vedanta.org) There are many editions of key parts of The Upanishads; I used the Penguin Classics edition translated by Juan Mascaró. Other books include Vedanta: Heart of Hinduism by Hans Torwesten, Vedanta For the Western World by Christopher Isherwood, Vedanta: A Simple Introduction by Pravrajika Vrajaprana, and Practical Vedanta by Swami Vivekananda.
Voodoo: Voodoo: Africa’s Secret Power by Gert Chesi.
Won Buddhism/Wonbulgyo: (www.wonbuddhism.or.kr/eng_won/index.html) Concerns and Issues In Won Buddhism by Bokin Kim.
Yoga (see also Hinduism and Indian [East]): The essential work is The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (I used the translation by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood), as well as the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination by Shankara (or Sankara).
Yogananda, Paramahansa: (www.yogananda-srf.org) His Autobiography Of a Yogi is a true religious “classic”; see also his booklet, Why God Permits Evil.
Yogi Amrit Desai: (www.amritji.org) See Gurudev: The Life of Yogi Amrit Desai by Francis Mellen, Peter Mellen, and Sukanya Warren.
Yogi Bhajan: (www.yogibhajan.org) A collection is The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan.
Zen Buddhism: Thich Nhat Hanh’s No Death, No Fear, The Wheel of Life and Death by Philip Kapleau, and An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki.
Zionism: The one indispensable work is The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl. An excellent overview is A History of Zionism by Walter Laquer. The Revival of Israel by Moses Hess, and The Road to Freedom by Leo Pinsker.
Zoroastrianism: (www.zoroastrianism.com) The Zoroastrian Faith by S.A. Nigosian, Zoroastrianism by Rustom Masani, Zoroastrians and Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce.
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