Editor’s Note: I am sharing the chapter on epistemic injustice from my book, A Gadfly Report. Epistemic justice/injustice is an important lens by which to understand the need for new language in Article II of the Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws. About ten o’clock on a spring evening in 1993, two young Black men were waiting […]
Rev. Fred Wooden’s Observations about Article II
Editor’s Note: W. Fred Wooden is a career Unitarian Universalist minister. He was ordained in 1980, after earning a doctorate at Meadville Lombard Theological School, the UU divinity school in Chicago. He served parishes in Petersham and then Groton, MA, Austin, TX, Brooklyn, NY, and Grand Rapids, MI. He has served the Unitarian Universalist Association […]
“WHY CHANGE ARTICLE II?” by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum
“Why do the Principles need to be deconstructed/removed in order for the values content to be added?” a Unitarian Universalist asked plaintively on a post on social media recently. My answer is only my own, not speaking for the Article II Commission or the UUA Board. The UUA Board in its charge to the Article […]
FACT-CHECKING THE FINANCIAL TIMES GADFLY ARTICLE
This December, the American version of The Financial Times published a feature on what is often termed the Gadfly movement within American Unitarian Universalism. The Financial Times is a London-based daily whose editorial stance is to the right of the Washington Post, but not as far right as the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. Similarly, […]
The REAL Genealogy of the Seven Principles
Article II of the Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws lays out our principles and purposes, and also the sources from which our “living tradition” draws religious and ethical inspiration. That phrase, “living tradition,” reflects a salient feature of both the Unitarian and Universalist sides of our religious expression. We do not invest eternal authority in any […]
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