tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post115091275815108350..comments2023-10-10T09:50:34.565-07:00Comments on Find and Ye Shall Seek: UU ChristiansMystical Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828225180668865911noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post-1153794322427016842006-07-24T19:25:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:25:00.000-07:00Although I'm not among the UUs who call/consider t...Although I'm not among the UUs who call/consider themselves "Christian," my observation is that UU Christians, like their Transylvanian cousins, study and take inspiration from Jesus' LIFE, and his teachings -- in my language, as the Teacher of Love.<BR/><BR/>"Other" Christians (that is, Protestants, Catholics, and Evangelicals) seem to take inspiration from Jesus' DEATH and resurrection. In seminary I shared a lot of classes with Lutherans, Presbyterians, etc., and they all spoke with hushed reverence about "The Cross," which was shorthand for, well, for all that is Atonement Theory.<BR/><BR/>As a general rule, atonement theology doesn't fly with UUs. See "Proverbs of Ashes" by Rebecca Parker and Rita Nakashima Brock.<BR/><BR/>So, I'd say that the most salient characteristic of UU Christians is their general rejection of the belief that Jesus' suffering and death "saved" us (which is, these days, counter to Universalism) -- its lack of meaning, relative to the radical love and social re-ordering that Jesus proclaimed.<BR/><BR/>My two cents. : )Rev. Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448196746637998858noreply@blogger.com