We will explore two of the six UU sources — Jewish and Christian teachings and Earth-centered traditions — and their relationship to each other. Today, looking at the Old Testament, it’s hard to understand the cruel behavior of Yahweh, and we might not expect insight from pagan readings of these Judeo-Christian myths. What do the stories of the Torah tell us about the nature of how we and the world work? What is our place between the Goddess Earth and the Father Sky and between primal Yin and divine Yang?
Alec Peck (he/him) has been a practicing UU for 26 years, with a deep passion for the intellectual and spiritual challenges of the sources of our living tradition. He was raised in a UU church, chosen by his father, raised Quaker, and mother, raised Jewish (though both Humanist in practice). Alec recently spent two years studying natural science at Creighton University, a Jesuit institution and is now completing his Ph.D. at UC Riverside in experimental cosmology.
Topics: Morality, Neighboring Faiths, Religious History, Sources of UUism, Taoism