Humanism: In Command or In Crisis?

Guest Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Michael Schuler

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Sermon description: According to the best-selling historian Yuval Noah Harari, today’s average American has their foot in three ideological camps: nationalism, free market capitalism, and humanism.  The first two might seem obvious, but the third? In this sermon I will address a critical question for our time, the era of the Anthropocene.  Is humanism’s seemingly benign package of values at least partially responsible for some of the world’s most pressing problems or is it, rather, the source of its most promising solutions? To answer that question, I will draw on the thought of an eclectic collection of commentators, including life scientists, public intellectuals, technologists, religious and philosophical writers, novelists, and even poets. In the end, this wide-ranging survey may help the listener to determine whether humanism makes sense for them  

About today’s guest minister: Michael A. Schuler served Unitarian Universalist congregations as senior minister for over forty years, including thirty at the predominantly humanist First Unitarian Society of Madison, Wisconsin. Under his leadership, the society grew to become one of the largest in the Unitarian Universalist movement. He holds a PhD in the humanities from Florida State University and is also the author of “Making the Good Life Last: Four Keys to Sustainable living” (Berrett-Kohler, 2009)

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