Protests about institutionalized racism this summer have been compared to those of 1968. Dr. Buehrens heard his call to ministry then. As an historian, he would also compare them to the polarization in America over race going back to the 1850s, when both Unitarian minister Theodore Parker and Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass were calling for a Second American Revolution. He will give an analysis of the prospects for revolutionary change now in 2020.  Our speaker, The Rev. Dr. John Buehrens served as the sixth President of the UUA, 1993-2001. He retired as Senior Minister of the First UU Society of San Francisco in 2017. He is the author or co-author of seven books on liberal religion, most recently Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice (Beacon Press, 2020). Available from the UUA or from our local bookstore Copperfields. 

Guest Minster: The Rev. Dr. John A. Buehrens
Worship Associate: George Beeler
Musicians: BE Lundy and Will Johnson
Video Editor: David Perry

Topics: Compassion