
I recently had to explain the title “Unitarian Universalist Christian.” It was an interesting conversation, to be sure, and I found myself explaining both classical expressions of Unitarianism (think early American, New England expressions of the faith) and more contemporary developments within the Unitarian Universalist Association (think 1961 merger of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America). Personally, I identify with aspects of both these days. I deeply appreciate elements of the classical expression, and I resonate with much that is advanced by the contemporary iteration as a result of my growing understanding of postmodernism, human religiousness, sacred lit, culture, and the importance of myth. Then again, I’m always curious and changing and growing and evolving too, and perhaps that’s the main source of the aforementioned resonance. Read more…