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| Spiritual singer/songwriter Peter Mayer. |
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| The beautiful and historic First Congregational Church in Crystal Lake will host Peter Mayer's concert sponsored by Tree of Life Unitarian Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry. |
New post: Service Announcements for October 14, 2018 https://macuuf.org/2018/10/12/service-announcements-for-october-14-2018/ …
Wet felted cobweb trivets with Homeschoolers in Handwork class with Jennifer Tan. http://www.wlrclasses.com @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3KdlwAQRf/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=hyip520l8r9g …
Please join us on Sunday (14 October 2018) at 11:00 AM for “This I Believe” with Rebecca Tuggle, Kevin Henry, and Tena Hines. John Allen will be our worship associate.
Three All Souls members will speak about the foundational principles that guide their lives today and the continuing journey that has brought them here thus far.
#RONFEST2018 continues in this service and in a brief celebration afterward. We celebrate the service that Ron Thurston has provided to All Souls as we bid him farewell.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service. Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
Last Sunday LFFP invited members of UUCA Church to put a leaf with a message of Peace on the Peace Tree. #littlefriendsforpeace #peacetree #peacebuilding #mindfulness #LFFP_UUCA @ Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, VA
1. Wisconsin Sikh Temple massacre, Aug. 5, 2012. 2. Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church shooting, July 27, 2008. 3. Planned Parenthood bombing, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1994. just a few examples of right extremism
Unitarian Universalist #poet Christopher Sims speaks on #sanctuary this month in Southern #Wisconsin. Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine.
"Just living in your truth is an amazing thing to do." Check out this video of LGBTQ youth from Philadelphia. We're still celebrating National Coming Out Day! https://twitter.com/whatsPOPPYN/status/1050525465297993728 …
Tomorrow: Greater New Orleans Organizers' Roundtable at Unitarian Universalist Church, 5212 S. Claiborne Ave (via fipvotenola)
This weekend! VOICING OPPOSITION: RESPONSIBILITIES AND RISKS. Community Forum & Circle. Sunday October 14, 1-4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs. 624 North Broadway. pic.twitter.com/WFSQwTO1iW
I’m so glad to hear this. Thank you for being part of my group. And LOVE your question. I’ll be posting public video from that session after I get through filming, preaching, and leading seminar this weekend. Later! 
2018 09 23 Unitarian Universalist Church, Sarasota, FL https://youtu.be/w9SlD96vHMI via @YouTube
So inspired by @uuplanet live session this week on small group ministry! I love small groups and the community that builds around them. What is something you got value from in your small group this week? #uusunday #UnitarianUniversalism @UUA
Epistemology of identity politics within Unitarian Universalism – Yet Another Unitarian Universalist https://www.danielharper.org/yauu/2018/10/epistemology-of-identity-politics-within-unitarian-universalism/#comment-315410 …
Spanish language Unitarian/Universalist leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia to share their stories of our shared faith, talk about how to strengthen and Attendees representing Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, New Mexico.
One of those women lives in Boulder, and you can watch the 'Women of Resolution' performance with her via live stream at Unitarian Universalist Church, or in person at eTown Hall on Sunday. https://twitter.com/samlounz/status/1050824274921934848 …
“Standpoint epistemology,” according to philosopher and law professor Brian Leiter, is the Marxist idea that our social position influences our beliefs; if you are, for example, a member of the working class, your beliefs have been “distorted by the ideology propagated by a different, dominant class, which systematically distorted social reality in its own interests.” This is in distinct contrast to current “bourgeois academic philosophy” where “standpoint epistemology has, ironically, been turned on its head. Now the social position of the purported ‘knower’ — usually ‘race’ or ‘gender’ or ‘sexual orientation’ — is not taken to be a distorting influence on cognition, but rather an epistemic advantage, one which even demands epistemic deference by others.” A key point Leiter makes is that this kind of thinking is done by “well-to-do professors who never challenge the prerogatives of the capitalist class.” The full post, which is short, is here.
My sense is that much of the thinking about identity politics done within Unitarian Universalism follows a similar pattern. We Unitarian Universalists often do give epistemic deference to knowledge based on social position, particularly for social positions based on race, gender, and sexual orientation; recognizing, however, that we tend to assume that the social position of white, male, and/or straight persons is distorted, and therefore should be subjected to serious critique. Contrast this with the epistemological approach of some past Unitarian and Universalist thinkers: early Universalists grounded their epistemology in reason and scripture, both of which were assumed to be equally accessible to all persons; Transcendentalist epistemology assumed that all persons had access to the divine through their faculty of intuition; early humanists relied on the powers of reason which were accessible to all persons; etc. Current Unitarian Universalists tend to be critical of all these earlier approaches, since they were typically written down by white, straight, male thinkers.
I find three interesting points here. First, current Unitarian Universalism generally assumes that knowledge is not accessible by all persons equally; the knowledge of white, straight, and/or male persons is assumed to be in some sense distorted. Second, current Unitarian Universalism (as has been the case through most of its existence) tends to ignore class status; the viewpoint of working class white persons are grouped together with elite white persons like Donald Trump, under the assumption that the standpoint of all white persons leads to a distorted knowledge of the world — the standpoint of all white persons, that is, except for enlightened white persons (such as white Unitarian Universalists) who have questioned their white person’s standpoint. Third, many current Unitarian Universalists are now seriously critical of the notion that there exist some kinds of knowledge accessible to all persons.
I know I’m cynical, but I’m tempted to believe this complicated identitarian epistemology helps Unitarian Universalists maintain their comfortable belief in capitalism.
Hi everyone!
I'm a non-Universalist Unitarian from Hungary, member of the Unitarian Church in Hungary. We identify as Christians, because we follow Jesus, the Prophet of God, though we also acknowledge Muhammad, Zoroaster, and other prophets as divinely inspired.
Our religion is like this:
-There is no other god, but God, and Jesus is his prophet. We are as strictly Monotheists as Jews and Muslims, and reject the Trinity.
-God has sent other prophets to humanity through History, but following the principles of the 16th century founder of our Church, Francis David, we only follow Jesus among the prophets of God, and use the Bible as Holy Scripture.
-The Bible contains the moral teachings of Jews and Jesus. It should be followed rationally and skeptically and it is not infallible.
-Jesus was a human, who was crucified by the Romans for his actions. He was not divine, was born from Mary and Joseph as any other human being, didn't do any wonders, and never resurrected.
-God's actions on the world are called the Holy Spirit.
-There is no Original Sin, humans are neither good or evil, but rather, were born with the free will to act either righteously or wickedly. However, God is good, and following the teachings of his prophet, Jesus, we can act righteously in life.
-After death, God sends the righteous to Heaven, and the wicked to Hell, though these are more indescribable metaphysical states, than anything that would resemble either clouds with golden mansions in the sky, or a lake of fire with devils and pitchforks.
-Everything Science says is true. God was the cause behind the Big Bang.
-The Enlightenment, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, Freedom of Inquiry, and Secularism is good
-We recognize two Sacraments, Baptism and Eucharist. We practice child baptism and believe that Christians should baptize their children, though getting into Heaven doesn't depend on whether you are baptized. We practice the Eucharist with bread and wine four times a year, to remember the Last Supper.
-We consider Nationalism a progressive ideology, because it enabled the self-determination of nations after the Monarchies and Empires of the past. Our church services contain Hungarian Patriotism, and we believe that if a Unitarian church formed, say in Italy, then it should practice Italian Patriotism.
-We support gay marriage.
-Our Church services look like 17th-19th century Calvinist and Puritan low-church services interspersed with upbeat and patriotic 19th century songs, and on national celebrations, military marches sung by people in traditional folk costumes.
Are there any Unitarian congregations like this in the USA or other countries?
Inaugural Unitarian Universalist gathering was just held here at @YaleDivSchool, and it was led by some wonderful @AndoverNewton community members. #GratefulHearts @UUApic.twitter.com/EL1mDbBMdL
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