UU World Online Archives

Features Carolyn McDade's spirit of life Unitarian Universalism's most beloved song, the woman who wrote it, and the communities that sustain her spirit.

Features Unitarian Universalists on the Eightfold Path Buddhism puts down roots in American congregations. By Rick Heller in Life; What is Unitarian Universalist Buddhism? The history of UU engagement with Buddhism and its growing significance....

Features Eating ethically Eating connects us intimately with the 'interdependent web of all existence,' but most food is grown in environmentally unsustainable ways. Is there a Seventh Principle approach to food?...

Features What torture has taught me Twelve years at the helm of Amnesty International challenged and affirmed William F. Schulz’s Unitarian Universalism. By William F. Schulz in Ideas; High-profile advocate for human rights The Rev. William F. Schulz looks back on twelve years at Amnesty...

Features American myths reconsidered Five years after 9/11, Americans still live in the wreckage of old ideas. Religious liberals have a chance to build a new theology adequate to our complex times. Will we rise to the challenge? By W. Frederick Wooden in Ideas; Drivin' their SUV song Two...

Features Singing in the shadow of death African musicians respond to a pandemic with songs of sorrow, resistance, advocacy, and hope. By Jonah Eller-Isaacs in Life; Human reverence The language of reverence is the language of humanity.

Features Welcome to the Ecozoic Era Meet Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow, two evangelists of cosmic evolution. By Amy Hassinger in Ideas; Seeds of opportunity Community investing brings economic opportunities to low-income Americans—and Unitarian Universalist congregations are joining in to...

Features The sacred in images If we look more carefully at the world around us, our eyes can be channels for the sacred. By Harold Babcock in Spirit; Ted Kooser's poetry of the people The U.S. poet laureate and winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize in poetry is a Unitarian Universalist.

Features Who's afraid of freedom and tolerance? Why are fundamentalists so frightened by liberal family values? A look at competing worldviews. By Doug Muder in Ideas; Fired Up: General Assembly 2005 Sermons, music, and politics fired up the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists....

Features Slaves to energy We depend on energy sources that threaten dramatic climate changes around the world. Can we change course? The author suggests that it may be possible with difficult and far-reaching changes....