Bruce Knotts presents a discussion based upon the new book by Hein de Haas entitled “How Migration Really Works”. Hein de Hass is a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam and founding member of the  Migration Institute at the University of Oxford.  In this book Prof. de Haas demolishes 22 myths about migration that too…

David Reich has written a funny, incisive novel about race, religion, and office politics.  He’s fearlessly unpious, observant, and witty, but he’s also fair to his flawed and often enjoyably irksome characters.  His gift for finding nuanced humanity in their semi-good intentions gives warmth and life to this quietly ambitious satire. -Carlo Rotella, author of…

The Transcendentalist critique of historical Christianity created a rift in the Unitarian church between traditional-minded Unitarian Christians and more radical Free Religionists who felt that the church should embrace a more universal form of religion. Although the National Conference of Unitarian Churches was founded in 1865, it took nearly 30 years for the conference participants…

“We accept all Religions as Truth” are the words spoken by Swami Vivekananda at the founding of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893 in Chicago. Our speaker is Bruce Knotts, a Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Bruce discusses the founding and history of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, as well as…

America’s current moral reckoning with its racist past and present too often proves more divisive than constructive.  The National Center for Race Amity (NCRA) seeks to move the public discourse on race beyond the blame-grievance-rejection framework to one that recognizes and celebrates our ability to overcome racial prejudice through association, amity and collaborative action. The…

Unitarian Universalist Climate Action-Opportunity and Risk. The speaker will be Dr. Jan Dash who is the Editor of the Journal of Climate Action, Research and Policy, the Editor of the World Scientific Climate Encyclopedia and the Gabelli Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Fordham University. Review of climate change-risk and opportunity.Vision for Unitarian Universalism being a…

In this session, Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof will discuss the origins and characteristics of liberalism in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, how liberalism manifested as Unitarianism in Eastern Europe and, later, in the United States, and why it remains essential to human progress in today’s world. Click HERE to watch the recording of the presentation portion…

The Goal of World Community: Unitarian Universalism at the United Nations by Bruce Knotts This class was led by Bruce Knotts who directed the Unitarian Universalists Office at the United Nations (UUUNO) for 15 years. Click HERE to watch the recording of the presentation portion of this session. Recent Posts Archives