I agree that 'Kendiangeloism' (a marvelous neologism!) is the "theology" behind the "social justice" efforts of the UUs. The question that I would have for Mr. Cycleback and others is - Is there a way out of this for UUism? Or are they stuck being a political action group masquerading as a church?
There may be a disconnect between individual congregations and the UUA. This isn't healthy for a church, as evideced by the parish minister shortage crisis, but many congregations may assert their independence.
I assume the church will continue to lose membership, and some congregations will formally distance themselves from and leave the UUA.
Interesting. This seems to make sense to me knowing what I do about UUs. But I have to admit I thought Unitarians had become mostly defunct--a bit like Christian Scientists: still have the white steepled churches but no real numbers.
I believe there are still a few Christian Unitarian congregations out there in the United States, but the UU name is an out-of-date misnomer because Unitarianism and Universalism were Christian movements, and UU is hardly Christian anymore. Further, I bet most practicing Christians in UU are Trinitarian not Unitarian.
I agree that 'Kendiangeloism' (a marvelous neologism!) is the "theology" behind the "social justice" efforts of the UUs. The question that I would have for Mr. Cycleback and others is - Is there a way out of this for UUism? Or are they stuck being a political action group masquerading as a church?
There may be a disconnect between individual congregations and the UUA. This isn't healthy for a church, as evideced by the parish minister shortage crisis, but many congregations may assert their independence.
I assume the church will continue to lose membership, and some congregations will formally distance themselves from and leave the UUA.
The UUA is completely committed to "dismantling white supremacy". Since there is no white supremacy, I think it's a crock of shit.
"Kendiangeloism" was one of the reasons I left the UU church.
David, have you read this by Jeff Maurer?
https://open.substack.com/pub/imightbewrong/p/its-hard-to-accept-that-robin-diangelo
Yes I did
As laid out by Rev Thandeka in (?) 1999.
Another well written and thought-provoking reflection! Thank you David!!
Interesting. This seems to make sense to me knowing what I do about UUs. But I have to admit I thought Unitarians had become mostly defunct--a bit like Christian Scientists: still have the white steepled churches but no real numbers.
I believe there are still a few Christian Unitarian congregations out there in the United States, but the UU name is an out-of-date misnomer because Unitarianism and Universalism were Christian movements, and UU is hardly Christian anymore. Further, I bet most practicing Christians in UU are Trinitarian not Unitarian.