On September 24, 2009, Forrest Church succumbed to a three-year battle against esophageal cancer. As his final gift, the beloved minister and acclaimed author wrote one last book, leaving behind a clear statement of his universalist theology and liberal faith. The Cathedral of the World draws from the entire span of Church's life's work, recasting public addresses and adapted book chapters, articles, and several previously unpublished pieces into a single argument. Giving new voice to the power of liberal religion, Church invites all seekers to enter the Cathedral of the World, home to many windows but only one Light.

Forrest Church (1948-2009) served almost three decades as senior minister and was Minister of Public Theology of All Souls, a Unitarian Universalist congregation in New York City. He was educated at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in early church history. He wrote or edited twenty-five books, including Life Lines, Lifecraft, The American Creed, Freedom from Fear, So Help Me God, Love & Death, and The Cathedral of the World.

Introduction Invocation: The Cathedral of the World Book I: God and other Famous Liberals 1. The Greatest Liberal of Them All 2. Mother God Book II: The American Creed 3. The Role of Religion in American Democracy 4. The American Creed 5. What Would Jefferson Do? 6. America's Promise 7. From Nationalism to Patriotism Book III: A Liberal Pulpit 8. The Presidential Pulpit and Religious Politics 9. The Commonwealth of God 10. Fear and Terror 11. Shall We Overcome? 12. World Peace 2000 13. Choose Life 14. Evil and Sin 15. Religion and the Body Politic Book IV: Universalism for the Twenty-first Century 16. The Search for Meaning 17. The Church of the Future in Light of the Past 18. Universalism for the Twenty-first Century 19. Emerson's Shadow 20. There Is No Hell 21. The Seven Deadly Virtues 22. Home After Dark 23. At Home in the Universe Book V: Love After Death 24. Love and Death 25. Love's Tribunal Benediction: Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going? Acknowledgments Credits