Sunday, February 21, 2021 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Race & Care of the Soul
Presenters:
Thomas Moore, Author, Care of the Soul
Reginald Wilburn, Department of English, University of New Hampshire, NH
Moderator: Rev. Lauren Smith, Director of Stewardship and Development at the Unitarian Universalist Association
Until the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, few questioned the brutal hand of racism as orchestrated through police forces, our legal system, schools, workplaces and other institutions. The ensuing mass protests across the U.S. forced us to see the actual consequences of racism in a new light.
In a conversation with author Thomas Moore, participants will explore the effect of racism on our collective and individual Soul. Basing his writing on the ancient model of “care of the soul”—which provided a religious context for viewing the events of everyday life—Moore examines the connections between spirituality and the problems of individuals. He offers a therapeutic lifestyle that focuses on sacredness in ordinary things. Now, more than ever, we need to pause―intentionally―and encounter the Divine
