{"product_id":"a-vision-splendid-wayne-facer-9780981640266","title":"A Vision Splendid: The Influential Life of William Jellie, A British Unitarian in New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Vision Splendid\u003c\/em\u003e is the biography of William Jellie (1865-1963), a pioneering Unitarian minister and educator and a key figure in the history of Unitarianism in New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where religion is increasingly associated with hatred, bigotry, fanaticism, violence and misogyny, Jellie's story provides an alternative - a vision splendid - where values rooted in the liberal religious tradition are the very ones required to promote social justice, protect the powerless and reduce social and economic inequality. It is a story we can turn to for inspiration as we continue to work for fairness in society, equality of opportunity, and the enrichment of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJellie who was born in Ireland and educated at London University and Manchester College, Oxford began his career as minister to a Unitarian chapel and associated mission in an impoverished part of London. After a brief ministry in a quiet provincial town, he was ready for another challenge. Attracted by New Zealand's reputation for progressive social and economic reform, in 1900 he took on the leadership of a fledgling Unitarian movement in Auckland. Apart from a war time ministry in England he remained in New Zealand for the rest of his life, serving congregations in Auckland, Wellington, and Timaru.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nearly sixty years of age, at a time when many people start to think about retirement, Jellie began a new career in adult education. For the next fourteen years he was a tutor for the Workers Educational Association, an organization providing higher education to working-class people and trade union members unable to attend university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his long life Jellie lived out the Unitarian values of freedom of thought, tolerance, commitment to social justice and the use of reason in religion. This is a fascinating account of how those values were articulated in his own life and the lives of those he came into contact with in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Facer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0981640265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981640266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Wayne Facer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112998613247,"sku":"9780981640266","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3c3c858-41f1-4262-8e47-cc434e36eb86.jpg?v=1769612367","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-vision-splendid-wayne-facer-9780981640266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}