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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T114500
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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/alj-class-love-at-the-center-of-uu-theolo
 gizing/
SUMMARY:ALJ Class: Love at the Center of UU Theologizing
DESCRIPTION:ALJ Class: Love at the Center of UU Theologizing  Date: 08/24/2
 5\n\nTime: 11:45 am\n\nLocation: Fireside\, hybrid\n\nPresenter: Dr. Jay A
 tkinson:\n\nJay Atkinson retired in 2011 from 32 years of full-time servic
 e in Unitarian Universalist parish ministry\, During those ministries he a
 lso served at various times on the adjunct faculties of our UU seminaries 
 in Chicago and Berkeley (Starr King School for the Ministry).  Before tur
 ning to professional ministry\, he did research in nuclear physics.  Curr
 ently he is a Research Scholar at Starr King with a focus on UU history.\n
 \nDescription:\n\nA year ago\, Dr. Atkinson offered a guest sermon at UUCP
 A titled\, “Did Jesus and the Universalists Get It Right?”  His answe
 r was “yes\,” as he traced how Jesus’s life and message of Love beca
 me sidelined in the main thread of Christian theology while resonating wit
 h our Universalist tradition of “God as Love” and our new UUA language
  that places Love at the center of UU values. This presentation will expan
 d on the history of “Love” in Unitarian and Universalist thinking over
  the centuries\, how it lay at the basis of our historic rebellion against
  orthodox Christianity\, and the strange way in which it now seems to be l
 eading us back to the central idea of Jesus’s own preaching\, long after
  many UUs claim to have left Christianity behind.  He will juxtapose that
  with what’s happening in the modern Christian movement of open and rela
 tional theism\, which is putting “Love” back into the center of their 
 own thinking.  Are UUs and progressive Christians both moving back toward
  “Love” as a theological center point from two different directions?\n
 \nFourth Sunday Waffles and snacks will be available after the service. Pl
 ease use a paper plate.  Suggested contribution $2.\n\nChild care will be
  provided. 
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CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning
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