In this thought-provoking episode, our guest, Takiyah Nur Amin, shares about growing up with Muslim and Christian family members, finding Unitarian Universalism as a place of acceptance, and what her daily spiritual practices look like.

Highlights:

• How Takiyah found her tradition over lunch in the high school cafeteria
• What it means to be a part of a covenantal religious tradition
• Why living together with love and empathy trumps doctrinal differences
• Why she won’t choose between her Blackness and her faith tradition

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Care for the World: Reflections on Community Ministry: https://amzn.to/3WqVVb2
• BLUU Notes: An Anthology of Love, Justice and Liberation: https://amzn.to/3Cm6SUD
• Unitarian Universalist Association: https://www.uua.org/
• BLUU: https://blacklivesuu.org/
• OWL curriculum: https://www.uua.org/re/owl
• John Shelby Spong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shelby_Spong
• Chautauqua Institution: https://www.chq.org/about/

Guest Information:

Takiyah Nur Amin is a dance scholar, educator, academic success strategist. Dr. Amin serves Unitarian Universalism as a member of the Ministerial Fellowship Committee and UU Studies Network, and a former member of the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU) Organizing Collective Board. Her writing has been featured in UU World Magazine, and in two edited volumes, Care for the World: Reflections on Community Ministry and BLUU Notes: An Anthology of Love, Justice and Liberation (co-edited with the Rev. Mykal Slack.) You can reach Dr. Amin at TakiyahNurAmin.com

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