A wide range of courses is available through our Association. These are adapted by members as they choose. Courses appropriate for children may be offered in subjects as varied as interpersonal relations, ethical questions, the Bible, world religions, nature and ecology, heroes and heroines of social reform, Unitarian Universalist history, and holy days around the world. The same is true of adult religious education. We seek to teach our children to be responsible for their own thinking and to nurture their own impulses of reverence, morality, respect for others, and self-respect.
Religious liberals put less emphasis on formal beliefs and more on practical living.
Our interest is in deeds, not creeds. Our members have been active leaders in the struggles for racial equality, civil liberty, international peace, and equal rights for all people. We work as individuals, in congregational social action, and in other groupings, including denominational efforts as the UUA's Faith in Action Department and the UU-UN Office. We also work with the Unitarian Universalists Services Committee, which brings critically needed social change to many parts of the world. Many of our societies offer introductory sessions, study groups, video tapes, and increasingly, a World Wide Web homepage to acquaint those interested in membership with our history, principles, and programs.