Publication: Reinventing the Wheel: Unitarian Universalist Youth History and Covenantal Theology
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2021
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Smith, Carter Susanna Hodges. 2021. "Reinventing the Wheel: Unitarian Universalist Youth History and Covenantal Theology." Harvard Divinity School
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A paper examining Unitarian Universalist youth movements since 1953, asking how the past might inform youth history today. Roughly chronological, this paper looks at moments in history through four central themes: youth culture, youth empowerment and adult commitment, governance and distribution of material resources, covenant as a process for decision-making and conflict-mending. Ultimately, it argues that Unitarian Universalism calls us to center relationship and covenantal processes in order to enact sustainable and faithful ministry to and with youth. This paper also takes a historiographical stance, arguing that this is a history that is important to tell, and that Unitarian Universalists stand to benefit from paying attention to how we tell these stories.
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Unitarian Universalism, Youth Movements, Covenant, Liberal Religious Youth, Young Religious Unitarian Universalists, the Empowerment Controversy
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