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Sunday, March 24th, 2024
Times are changing, but are we seizing the opportunity? As a Humanist movement within the American religious landscape, Ethical Culture was ahead of its time as a Master of ‘nones’, well before the turn of the 20th century and the dramatic increase in those unaffiliated with organized religion. However, what does the rise of “nones”, and the decline of congregational life in the US mean for Ethical Culture? What is the legacy of our formation, and what does our ethical call require us to do now? Let’s find the Ethical Life force in our communities to build towards the future.
Jé Exodus Hooper (them/they) is an arts and cultural community curator, clergy, and scholar, who has served the Ethical Culture and Congregational Humanist Movements for over eight years, while an instructor of performance theory at Ohio University School of Theater. Dr. Hooper repurposes the Humanist message with alive spiritual intensity, cultural complexity, and persistent intellectual urgency.