“Rebuilding the Temple of Democracy”
with Rev. Jay Atkinson, Anne Jungerman, and Brian Shaw
Never before in such a short time has so much of our American democracy’s infrastructure been dismantled. I see parallels between this and the twofold destruction of the Jerusalem temple. Can we, and should we, think of America’s history as an ideal of constructing a temple for democracy? And if so, what are the possibilities for rebuilding what has been destroyed?
Jay Atkinson retired in 2011 from 32 years of full-time service in Unitarian Universalist parish ministry, most recently twelve years in Studio City (Los Angeles) and, before that, thirteen years in Davis, Calif. During those ministries, he also served at various times on the adjunct faculty of our UU seminaries in Chicago (Meadville Lombard Theological School) and Berkeley (Starr King School for the Ministry). Before turning to professional ministry, he did research in nuclear physics for eleven years. Currently, he is a Research Scholar at Starr King with a focus on UU history.
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