Saxophonist Russell Peterson is joined by pianist/vocalist Christine Hitt for a special Jazz/Blues Sunday duo performance. Christine Hitt, recently named professor of vocal jazz at Concordia College, is a recording artist for MaxJazz Records and has performed with the US Air Force Band, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Dizzy Gillespie. Russell Peterson, professor of saxophone, bassoon and jazz at Concordia College, is also a jazz and classical composer, a member of the Hard Bop Saxophone Quartet (SeaBreeze Jazz Records) and has released a solo classical saxophone album on Barking Dog Records.
When Martin Luther King brought his fight for racial and economic justice north to Chicago, he was stunned at the violent reaction he and his organization received in a northern city. Thandeka, a Unitarian theologian and minister, believes that King and others fighting racial injustice did not understand one of the root causes of racism — white shame. Doug Neill will highlight some of the many interesting ideas Thandeka puts forth in her book. Come prepared to share your experiences growing up and living in a racist/classist society.
John Helgeland will explore the questions of how we determine that something is evil, and the relativism of evil. Come prepared for an interesting discussion. John is a Professor of Religion and History at North Dakota State Univesity, and Director of the Northern Plains Ethics Institute.
Unitarian Universalists claim to accept one another and encourage spiritual growth in our congregations. We state that we respect and draw from a variety of religious traditions, many of which consider themselves to be THE religion. Different religions make conflicting truth claims. What are the implications of this fact? Is it possible to discover whether any religious truth claim is true? If not, does this matter? Is true "religious pluralism" really plausible? David Myers is a Professor of Philosophy at Minnesota State University Moorhead.