Hickman-Maynard, TheodoreBentsman, MichelleEllis, Timothy A.2022-08-222022-05Ellis, Timothy A. 2022. Wrestling with Covenant in Unitarian Universalism: Building a Congregational Culture of Covenant. Master's thesis, Harvard Divinity School.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37373027As the Unitarian Universalist denomination attempts, again, to address its structural racism, a focus on covenant and covenantal theology may build a foundation of trust and mutuality. This focus on covenant must be a full effort to embrace a culture of covenant on the congregational as well as the denominational level. A culture of covenant incorporates theology, polity, relationships, and ritual to integrate covenants into every part of a congregational community. This grounding of covenant in community love, the inherent worth and dignity of all people, and a fierce commitment to justice will support a network of trust to engage in hard conversations while also providing the accountability to address racism and other oppressions.en-USUnitarian UniversalismCommission on Institutional ChangeCovenantCovenantal theologyCongregational PolityParish ministryThesis or Dissertation2022-08-22