"No God But God: Unitarian Universalism's Islamic Roots"

Unitarian Universalism has a theological affinity with Islam that dates to the opening decades of the sixteenth century. We start an exploration of how the idea of theological pluralism is fundamentally connected to religious dissent with an examination of the relationship between Islam and Unitarian Universalism and a celebration of the Sufi poet well beloved by many contemporary Unitarian Universalists: Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi. Throughout the month we will also lift up universalism, a theological perspective our tradition shares with some traditions within Islam. Recorded on March 15th, 2026