
Empowering Liberal Religion to Survive and Thrive
The North American Unitarian Association is a member service organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the practice of liberal religion by embracing freedom, reason, and tolerance—rooted in our commitment to the inherent worth and dignity of every person and all peoples.
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Upcoming Events
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Who are we?

NAUA offers a supportive community in which our members can work together to promote our liberal values and to have a positive impact and presence in the world.
All Are Welcome
We welcome all people committed to liberal religion and embrace the principles of freedom, reason, and tolerance in pursuit of their individual paths. You do not need to be a Unitarian or Universalist to join
Next Upcoming Event
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Unless otherwise noted, all NAUA Academy events and Monthly Community Worship Services will be recorded. These recordings will be available, usually a few days following the event. They can be accessed on the NAUA Youtube Channel or linked from Academy and Community Worship pages on this website.
The Latest News
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Aug. 9, 2026: Tribalism, Political Bias, and the Search for Truth by Dr. Cory Clark
Read more: Aug. 9, 2026: Tribalism, Political Bias, and the Search for Truth by Dr. Cory ClarkSession Description: Humans are tribal creatures. The same psychological tendencies that help humans cooperate in social groups also shape how we evaluate evidence, reason about controversial issues, and distinguish fact from misinformation. These tendencies are not unique to any particular political ideology, and even scientists are vulnerable to the same social pressures that distort reasoning…
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What Do We Need from Liberal Religion in the 21st Century?
Read more: What Do We Need from Liberal Religion in the 21st Century?This panel session explore why we do, or do need tReligion in these troubling times. The panel features thoughtful comments from long term Unitarian leaders. Recent Posts Archives
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Is Wokeness Dead? How did it die? Should We Stop Kicking It While It’s Down?
Read more: Is Wokeness Dead? How did it die? Should We Stop Kicking It While It’s Down?In her latest blog post Helen Plucrose spends some time analyzing the current state of criticsl social justice ideology known as “woke”. She notes that the term itself has multiple meanings and that we are seeing equally noxoious ill-liberalism on the right, and thus must be careful that our criticsm of left wing illerbalism does…
Services
We welcome and encourage our members to get involved by volunteering to help create and sustain our growing number of services and support. We offer a number of programs which can be found on our Programs and Services page..
In the future we hope to offer: Ministerial Search , Professional Advice, and Support for Ministers and Lay Leaders as formal programs. Today, if you are looking for these services please contact us using the button in out site footer below.
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