“The Naked Theologian” is ordinarily clothed. In the nondigital world, I’m known as Myriam Renaud. I’m currently working on a doctorate in Religious Thought and Ethics. I try to post regularly, but I sometimes have to put the blogging aside to focus on my ten million other commitments.
Some of my activities: I am Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Global Ethic Project at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. I am also a member of the teaching faculty in the Interfaith Action Master’s Program at Claremont Lincoln University. I recently ended my tenure as Managing Editor of Sightings, an online twice-weekly publication about religion and public life sponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School’s Martin Marty Center. I have contributed pieces to The Atlantic online, Sightings, Religion Dispatches, and the UU World magazine.
My areas of scholarly interest: beliefs about God, global ethics, Christian thought, Jewish thought, Islamic thought, comparative religion, class issues, wealth and income inequality, and human rights.
I much appreciate your comments to my posts. I’ve sometimes changed my mind because of them and have often reflected further on my views. I monitor other blogs that respond to my postings. Again, fellow bloggers have caused me to think again.
So thanks for reading my posts, thanks for your comments, and thanks for engaging my work in your blogs!
The Naked Theologian 
Great start, Myriam…I look forward to more. I wrote about you, here http://iminister.blogspot.com/.
If you go to uupdates.net, you can sign your blog up so that we all will be notified whenever you post.
Christine
Good luck with yr new project!
Our mutual friend Christine speaks highly of you…
yr colleague,
James
Myriam:
Intriguing start–I look forward to boosting this blog in my TUC newsletter column, starting with January 2009.
-Cheers,
BHC
hey…heard about your new blog from following Christine’s…remember me? you were the one who invited me to join the worship committee, and helped me start to feel involved at First UU….I’ve followed your progress — not surprised at your (long and vigorous) strides!! Thanks for your inspiration so many years ago…would like to follow your blog, so hopefully you will pursue some way of letting others know when you’ve posted…
Hello Myriam,
I heard about your blog from your mother’s email. I am currently a UU Minister-in-training on the last legs of her internship in Seattle. Will be seeing the MFC in March in Chicago. My home congregation is High Plains where of-course I met your mom, Maryse! I am that congregation’s first seminarian. 😉 Just thought I would introduce myself . . .
I am sooo glad to see you engaging in this exercise as a UU minister/theologian. I have recently been having long conversation with a congregant who feels that UU ministers MUST begin articulating thoughts, ideas, definitions about God, etc. . .
I look forward to reading more!
Every blessing,
Julia McKay, MA, MDiv.
Absolutely fascinating. I became engrossed and had to read all your posts. It was so good seeing you these last two weeks, and running into you yesterday was such a pleasant and welcome surprise. Next time we’ll meet across the country in your city. Much love to you and your family.
Hi Myriam,
Claudine notified me to your blog. I might read some of your postings to my Fellowship group at Arlington (VA) UU Church. Fully attributed to you, of course. We do simple lay-led services every Friday night, then go out for dinner and drinks. It really gets a lot of 30-somethings involved with the UU church. I like the postings I’ve read! Sorry it will end in two weeks : (
Greg McFarland
(from Rolla, MO)
but now in Arlington, VA
typed my email wrong!
I just discovered this site when you posted a link to it on James’ Facebook site.
I love it. Your posts are interesting, brilliant, well thought out and well written. I want to read more…..and more.
hey…heard about your new blog from following Christine’s…remember me? you were the one who invited me to join the worship committee, and helped me start to feel involved at First UU….I’ve followed your progress — not surprised at your (long and vigorous) strides!! Thanks for your inspiration so many years ago…would like to follow your blog, so hopefully you will pursue some way of letting others know when you’ve posted…
+1
Hi Myriam, I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. No pressure if you don’t want to participate. I am happy to just introduce your blog to my readers as well! If you would like to participate or read what I wrote about your site then follow this link: http://homeandspirit.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/very-inspiring-blogger-award/. Regards! Teresa
Bonjour Mlle. Vixen (Renaud -> reynarde, French feminine fox). I have two questions for thought:
1) in the (Christian) New Testament, where does Christ say people need a big bureaucratic church to bring them to their God? Seems the RC clergy are either committing the sin of pride ( “only we can teach the Truth”) or are outright blaspheming.
2) in various pagan religions the idea of various gods and goddesses seems to mirror nature; why do Abrahamic religions exclude half the population from power for having chest bulges? What’s so important about male dangly bits?