Unitarian Universalism

[FireDragon76]

Could they make Gandhi the patron saint of peaceful protests ?

Many of Gandhi's protests were not peaceful. At least one ended in a major massacre. It is naive to think that advancing social justice won't involve the possibility of violence, usually on the part of the State. Characterizing Gandhi as merely a pacifist also doesn't do justice to his beliefs or tactics, which involved direct confrontation and non-cooperation with injustice.

 

[RileyG]

Could they make Gandhi the patron saint of peaceful protests ?

I don’t think they have patron saints.

 

[Love365]

Do they celebrate the
International Day of Peace ?

 

[FireDragon76]

Do they celebrate the
International Day of Peace ?

It depends on the congregation and/or individual. UU's are congregationalist- every congregation is slightly different in their practices.

 

[Love365]

Christians and Buddhists both have nuns.

 

[David Lamb]

Christians and Buddhists both have nuns.

Correction: Some denominations have nuns. There are no Baptist nuns, and as far as I know, no Methodist nuns, no Salvation Army nuns, no Congregational nuns........

 

[FireDragon76]

Correction: Some denominations have nuns. There are no Baptist nuns, and as far as I know, no Methodist nuns, no Salvation Army nuns, no Congregational nuns........

The only western Christian denominations that have formal cenobitic monasticism are Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans.

 

[RileyG]

Correction: Some denominations have nuns. There are no Baptist nuns, and as far as I know, no Methodist nuns, no Salvation Army nuns, no Congregational nuns........

Correct. Nuns are most associated with Catholicism. But there are Eastern Orthodox nuns, some Anglican/episcopal nuns, and some Lutheran nuns.

 

[RileyG]

Christians and Buddhists both have nuns.

There are some Jain nuns, as well.

 

[RileyG]

Correction: Some denominations have nuns. There are no Baptist nuns, and as far as I know, no Methodist nuns, no Salvation Army nuns, no Congregational nuns........

I think there is an ecumenical monastery out east that has Methodist and Presbyterian nuns and monks, but they’re incredibly small in number.

 

[FireDragon76]

I think there is an ecumenical monastery out east that has Methodist and Presbyterian nuns and monks, but they’re incredibly small in number.

Early Reformed and Lutheran protestants actually had some women that lived as nuns, particularly in Germany, where the monasteries were never emptied in a thoroughgoing way. Renes Descartes conversed with one such woman, Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate, who was an abbess at a small Protestant convent in northwest Germany. In her correspondence, she rejected Descartes dualism, because it didn't explain soul-body interactions (echoing some later feminists, perhaps?).

 

[RileyG]

Early Reformed and Lutheran protestants actually had some women that lived as nuns, particularly in Germany, where the monasteries were never emptied in a thoroughgoing way. Renes Descartes conversed with one such woman, Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate, who was an abbess at a small Protestant convent in northwest Germany. In her correspondence, she rejected Descartes dualism, because it didn't explain soul-body interactions (echoing some later feminists, perhaps?).

Yeah, I think I remember reading that somewhere.

 

[David Lamb]

The only western Christian denominations that have formal cenobitic monasticism are Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans.

That's a new word to me - cenobitic. I had to look it up. Thanks for extending my vocabulary!

 

[FireDragon76]

That's a new word to me - cenobitic. I had to look it up. Thanks for extending my vocabulary!

It comes from the Greek word for "common life". As opposed to heremitic (hermit) or mendicant (beggar) monasticism.

 

[David Lamb]

It comes from the Greek word for "common life". As opposed to heremitic (hermit) or mendicant (beggar) monasticism.

Thanks again.

 

[Love365]

They say Kings in the Middle East are allowed to have 4 wives.

Did any of those Kings ever have a Christian wife ?