UU Identity

  • Outgoing UUA President Rev. Dr. Robert Nelson West receiving a parting gift from UUA staff members at a farewell reception in June 1977.
    Editorial

    Twenty-five years after Bob West navigated the denomination through the painful and divisive 1970s, he is regarded by many as the ‘unsung hero of the UUA.’

    Warren R. Ross
  • Ideas
    Unitarianism and Universalism have been liberal religious cousins to the Ethical Culture movement since its founding in 1876. Now an Ethical Society has joined the UUA.
    Kimberly French
  • Ideas
    UU World asked: What historical Unitarian, Universalist, or UU most speaks to you, and why?
    Sonja L. Cohen
  • Jeremy Strong as the Rev. James Reeb in the Oscar-nominated Selma
    Ideas

    An important film introduces Unitarian Universalists Reeb and Liuzzo, but doesn’t mention their faith.

    John A. Buehrens
  • The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a Mississippi rally in 1966.
    Editorial

    Does America have the capacity to heed the radical Martin Luther King Jr., or must America sanitize King in order to evade and avoid his challenge?

    Cornel West
  • Anti-slavery medallion
    Ideas
    The ‘father of English potters’ was also a Unitarian and an anti-slavery advocate.
    Sonja L. Cohen
  • The Rev. Rick Hoyt is minister of First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, which is suing the National Security Agency.
    Editorial

    First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles is suing the National Security Agency. The church knows from experience how invasive government surveillance can be.

    Joshua Eaton

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