Ideas

The Unitarian Universalist tradition has historically affirmed both faith and reason, worship and science.

What conservative Fareed Zakaria and democratic-socialist James Luther Adams have in common.

Founder of Hopedale community taught ‘nonresistance,’ influenced Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King.

Two books take up the knotty challenge of citizen participation and the democratic process.

The brilliant astronomer who was also the first woman to receive tenure on Harvard’s faculty also taught Sunday school at her Unitarian church.

Khaled Abou El Fadl calls for Muslim dialogue; Yossi Klein Halevi looks for interfaith partners in Israel and Palestine.

Edmund Hamilton Sears’s beloved carol longs for peace.

A reading list in the aftermath of 9/11.

Two volunteer organizations led by Unitarians and Universalists set a foundation for the American Red Cross.

Beacon Press and the Pentagon Papers.

The flaming chalice, ubiquitous among Unitarian Universalist churches, was first used by the Unitarian Service Committee.