(RNS) — Unitarian Universalists are sometimes best described by what they are not: They are undogmatic, anti-hierarchical and do not have any spiritual litmus tests.Pagans, atheists and Christ-followers alike are welcome among the tradition’s approximately 1,027 congregations, which meet on Sundays but in many places shy from worship of any specific deity. Instead, liturgies invoke values such as unity, love and justice.
Though these principles have long been cornerstones of UUs, as they refer to themselves, questions on how to enact those principles — as on how to define their non-credal faith — can be thorny, even if the UUs end up finding remarkable consensus at a time when many denominations are riven by discord.
At this year’s General Assembly, which met both online and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, last week, more than 86% of the delegates at the meeting voted to continue the work of revising the covenant that binds UU congregations. Nearly everyone — 95.5% — agreed to make the Rev. Sofía Betancourt the first openly queer person and first woman of color to serve as president.
But divisions were visible at the meeting. A fossil fuel divestment resolution put forward by a young, queer, multiracial collective, who represent an influx of younger and non-white members, was voted down by roughly 68% of delegates.
Along with UUA leadership, the youth movem …
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Though these principles have long been cornerstones of UUs, as they refer to themselves, questions on how to enact those principles — as on how to define their non-credal faith — can be thorny, even if the UUs end up finding remarkable consensus at a time when many denominations are riven by discord.
At this year’s General Assembly, which met both online and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, last week, more than 86% of the delegates at the meeting voted to continue the work of revising the covenant that binds UU congregations. Nearly everyone — 95.5% — agreed to make the Rev. Sofía Betancourt the first openly queer person and first woman of color to serve as president.
But divisions were visible at the meeting. A fossil fuel divestment resolution put forward by a young, queer, multiracial collective, who represent an influx of younger and non-white members, was voted down by roughly 68% of delegates.
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