The NAUA Academy presents its most compelling course to date with over 100 people registered. The presentation covers the philosophy and ideas behind the identity movement, that has driven so much controversy in churches, universities and businesses. This presentation helps us understand why.
The presentation begins at about minute 2:36.
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Frank Casper and Jay Kiskel are long time Unitarians who are very concerned with the ideological and authoritarian shift happening in Unitarian Universalist congregations and organizations. They also realized that there is no way for average Unitarian Universalists to communicate with one another. Thus, they authored Used to be UU: The Systematic Attack on UU Liberalism and founded the Fifth Principle Project.
This five page PDF Executive Summary of the book overviews the main ideas and summarizes the controversies that continue to challenge Unitarians and their organizations. Many UU leaders belief that dissidents like Casper and Kiskel are needlessly promoting these controversies. The book makes the counter argument that something is deeply problematic with this ideological shift in UU organization and leadership.
They invite you to read the book, think of how it does, or does not apply to your understanding of our Faith and to draw your own conclusions.
Topic: “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob will talk about how free thought and free expression can be instruments of positive change, whether for major political reasons or religious thought.
Bob grew up in New Jersey and spent his career in the insurance business and graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University . He later attended Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward, and became a UU in 2001. “I was always a UU, but didn’t know it ‘til then.
Bob has led services at Starr King and about 6 or 7 churches in Northern
California. Bob is a folk music buff, and he feels that carrying on the folk tradition is one of his callings, He has had a long history of supporting liberal causes from his early 20’s and ongoing. Civil Rights have been a passion with Bob since his teenage years. He was a founder and first president of the West Essex (NJ) Human Relations Council, and Chairperson of the Caldwell (NJ) Board of Health.
Rev. Todd Eklof teams up with a variety of Artificial Intelligent tools and Wikipedia to create an amazing set short videos high lighting ancient Greek Philosophers. Besides being engaging, visually stunning and informative, Todd claims the videos were easy and quick to create.
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