Since I’m an out-there Humanist, I get asked fairly often how Unitarian Universalists might go about healing the theist/humanist divide. My first response is quite simple: There isn’t a theist/humanist divide. Many humanists are theists and vice versa. Fact is, “humanist” isn’t merely a nice word for “atheist.” Rather, the “divide” is a leftover from the beginnings of humanism in midwestern Unitarian congregations back in the 1920’s. It wasn’t the real issue then either—a close look at the theology of... Read more