John A. Buehrens

The Reverend John A. Buehrens
6th President of the Unitarian Universalist Association
In office 1993–2001

Buehrens was ordained in 1973 ^[2] and served his first congregation in Knoxville, Tennessee. He then became Senior Minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas in 1981 ^[2] and following that, Associate Minister of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City. ^[2] He was then elected to become the sixth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association; he served from 1993 to 2001 and resided in the Boston area. Following that, from 2002 to 2012, Buehrens served as minister of First Parish in Needham, Massachusetts. ^[2] He served as Interim Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California. ^[2] He served as Developmental Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco and retired in June 2017. ^[3]

Bibliography

Buehrens's published writings include the following:

• The Uses of Memory (Voices of liberal religion), Rising Press, 1992
• A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism, with Forrest Church, Beacon Press, 1998 (revised), ISBN   0-8070-1616-0 (hardcover), ISBN   0-8070-1617-9 (paperback)
• The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide, 3e, (editor), Skinner House Books, 1999, ISBN   1-55896-388-X
• Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals, Beacon Press, 2003, ISBN   0-8070-1052-9 (hardcover), ISBN   0-8070-1053-7 (paperback)
• A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century, with Rebecca Parker, Beacon Press, 2010, ISBN   978-0807077382 (hardcover), ISBN   978-0807001509 (paperback)
• Universalists and Unitarians in America : a people's history, Skinner House, 2011, ISBN   978-1-55896-612-3
• Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice, Beacon Press 2020, ISBN   9780807024041
• A Religious Center with a Civic Circumference: Unitarians in San Francisco Since 1850, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, 2023, ISBN   979-8985275704

References

1. Amazon Books (n.d.). "John A. Buehrens - Bio". Amazon . Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA: Amazon.com. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
2. "myUUA: People". Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
3. "UUSF". UUSF. Retrieved 2017-04-10.

External links

• UUA Rev. John A. Buehrens
• Rev. John Buehrens / UUSF