In our society religion and science are constantly pitted against each other. At the same time, acts of hate and violence have been committed in the names of different religions. In this context, many Unitarian Universalists--and a majority of young adults in our society--identify as "spiritual but not religious." But in shying away from the word religion, are we doing ourselves and the world a disservice? Can we reclaim religion for love, justice, and reason? How might we use our UU identities to help to heal our broken world?
Erin Scott (she/her), a seventh-generation Universalist, is finishing her two-year ministerial internship at the UU Church of Nashua. She is a candidate for fellowship as a UU minister, and her Sunday with us will be just one week after her graduation from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Erin's ministry dwells at the intersections of queer liberation, environmental justice, disability pluralism, and dismantling internalized white supremacy.
