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  The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Unitarianism
Unitarians are characterized by some as being identified through history as free thinkers and dissenters, evolving their beliefs in the direction of rationalism and humanism.
Unitarianism in the United States followed essentially the same development as in England, and passed through the stages of Arminianism, Arianism, anti-tritheism, to rationalism and a modernism based on a large-minded acceptance of the results of the comparative study of all religions.
Universalist congregations formed, with the exception of the congregation in Halifax, mostly in rural towns and villages in lower Quebec and the Maritimes, and in southern Ontario.
www.book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Unitarianism   (5929 words)

  
 International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
The original initative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of British Unitarian and Free Christian Churches[?] in 1987.
The UUA became particularly interested in the establishment of a council when it had to deal with an increasing number of applications for membership from congregations outside North America.
As a result, the council was finally established at a meeting in Essex, Massachusetts on March 23-26, 1995.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/in/International_Council_of_Unitarians_and_Universalists.html   (398 words)

  
 International Council of Unitarians and Universalists at AllExperts
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is a world council bringing together Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists.
The original initiative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches of the United Kingdom in 1987.
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) became particularly interested in the establishment of a council when it had to deal with an increasing number of applications for membership from congregations outside North America.
en.allexperts.com /e/i/in/international_council_of_unitarians_and_universalists.htm   (498 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalism Information
Unitarian Universalists claim a theological orientation that aspires to creativity, freedom, and compassion with respect for diversity and interconnectedness as well as encouraging spiritual growth and justice-making through fellowship, personal experience, social action, and education.
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), founded in 1961 as a consolidation of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church in America, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and serves churches in North America.
Unitarian Universalist churches worldwide are represented in the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU).
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Unitarian_Universalism   (4086 words)

  
 Unitarianism - Theopedia
Unitarianism is a doctrine of God that stands in opposition to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
Orthodox Christianity generally views unitarianism as "a theological error that holds to the unity of God by denying the Trinity, the deity of Jesus, and the deity of the Holy Spirit.
Unitarian Universalism— There is no formal creed or set of beliefs required to join a Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregation, reflecting an institutional consolidation between Unitarianism and Universalism in 1961 in the United States.
www.theopedia.com /Unitarianism   (1164 words)

  
 Canadian Unitarian Council
The Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC) is the national body for Unitarians and Universalists in Canada.
All member congregations of CUC are also members of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
CUC is a member of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Canadian_Unitarian_Council.html   (100 words)

  
 Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life - Brown University
Unitarian Universalism (UU or UUism) is a liberal religious tradition that was formed by the merger of Unitarian and Universalist groups.
Unitarian Universalism has its origin, and most of its adherents, in the United States, where its largest organization is the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
Unitarian Universalist churches welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people as well as the disabled, and the church does not discriminate on the basis of skin color, national origin, or ethnicity.
www.brown.edu /Administration/Chaplains/Communities/Descriptions/uu.html   (452 words)

  
 Commemoration of the servetus 450 death aniversary - SIS
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is commemorating this anniversary with a weekend event in Geneva, to be held 23rd-27th October, 2003 at the John Knox International Reformed Centre.
Elek Rezi is Deputy Bishop of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church and Dean of the Unitarian Theological Faculty in Koloszvar.
Peter Hughes is vice-president of the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society, and chief editor of the on-line Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biography.
www.servetus.org /es/news-events/events/events/event20031023.htm   (430 words)

  
 Unitarianism Biography,info
Unitarian Universalists base their community on a set of Principles and Purposes rather than on a prophet or creed.
The formation of a distinct Unitarian denomination dates from the secession (1773) of Theophilus Lindsey (1723-1808) from the Anglican Church, on the failure of the Feathers petition to parliament (1772) for relief from subscription.
In 2006 this church was associated with the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU).
www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_Unitarian   (6164 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists of Palm Beach County, Florida - A BIG PICTURE of OUR FAITH
Unitarians who draw their inspiration from the disciplines of philosophy and science, and those whose impulse is to seek and syncretise religious truth wheresoever it is found.
Unitarianism in Great Britain evolved, starting with dissenters of the fifteenth century, running through many years of persecution of Unitarian teaching, to the establishment of the first Unitarian place of worship, the Essex Church in London, in 1774.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines was founded in 1954 and now has five churches and ten fellowships with somewhere between 400 and 1000 members, most of whom are subsistence farmers.
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 UNITARIAN? - What's That?
He was Secretary of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists from 1995 to 1997 and President of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches from 1997 to 1998.
Unitarian infant or child baptism is actually a ceremony of thanksgiving and celebration for a new life.
Wherever possible a Unitarian ceremony to mark someone's death -- and to celebrate his or her life -- should be true to that person and sensitive to the needs and feelings of the bereaved.
www.theopenmind.org.uk /about/Whatsthat.html   (10959 words)

  
 UU and Related Links
The name of this web ring is derived from the seventh Unitarian Universalist principle stating that Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are all a part".
Unitarians and Universalists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns.
The Canadian Unitarian Council and the Unitarian Universalist Associations are both members of the IARF.
cobalt.golden.net /~fucw/links_uu.html   (441 words)

  
 Yet Another Unitarian Universalist » Unitarian Universalism emerging in Africa
The purpose of this visit is to explore the culture and vigour of Unitarian and Universalist groups in Africa, to explore with them their needs and goals, and to move toward development of strategies for support, self-sustainability, and growth.
The people are poor, yet as Unitarians who believe in one God, they see their Unitarian duty as caring for some 600 children orphaned by AIDS, mediating family diputes in a region where wives are regularly beaten and children mistreated, and providing medical care in a huge region that has no doctors or functioning clinics.
While Unitarian Universalists in the Kisii District are extremely poor, their strong assets are hope and care which they shower on anyone in need, UU or not.
www.danielharper.org /blog/?p=825   (1635 words)

  
 Religious Movements Homepage: Unitarian Universalists Association
The Unitarian faith stemmed from the teachings of Michael Servetus and the Universalists from James Relly in England.
It was at the Church in Transylvania that the term Unitarian originated from either its non-Trinitarian beliefs or the unity of the four-protestant churches there.
John Sias discusses the Unitarian Universalist position on any Supernatural being in his booklet stating, "Most of us do not believe in a supernatural, supreme being who can directly intervene in and alter human life or the mechanism of the natural world.
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/uua.html   (3134 words)

  
 International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
ICUU President is Rev. Gordon Oliver, Minister of the Cape Town Unitarian Church in South Africa.
ICUU holds a biennial conference that is now open to individual Unitarians and Universalists.
The Council met in Montreal in 2001, in Prague in 2003 and Montserrat (near Barcelona), Spain in 2005.
www.cuc.ca /links/icuu.htm   (252 words)

  
 uuworld.org : uua to help congregations with international connections
The Universalists had a mission in Scotland from 1876 to 1896 and began a mission in Japan in 1890.
In the following years, international policy was set mostly by individual UUA presidents and successive boards of trustees and was frequently contingent upon the availability of funds, according to a 1997 report by the UUA’s Commission on Appraisal.
In 1995, the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists was created to strengthen and promote UU values abroad, support member organizations, and to model a liberal religious presence in the world.
www.uuworld.org /news/articles/2882.shtml   (819 words)

  
 International Council of Unitarians and Universalists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The original initiative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches of the United Kingdom in 1987.
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) became particularly interested in the establishment of a council when it had to deal with an increasing number of applications for membership from congregations outside North America.
As a result, the council was finally established at a meeting in Essex, Massachusetts on March 23-26, 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Council_of_Unitarians_and_Universalists   (467 words)

  
 Community Life - Celebrating Community - Engaging Faith Communities
Unitarians are called to act with compassion, generosity and integrity in all human relations.
A current example of Unitarian efforts towards international justice, equity and compassion is seen in support for positive intervention in the horrific situation in Darfur, Sudan.
Unitarians are strong supporters of, and involved with, the "greening" of the planet, to nurture the health and well-being of all creatures.
tamarackcommunity.ca /g4s53j.html   (582 words)

  
 Internet Links
The Canadian Unitarian Council is an umbrella organization for all Unitarian congregations in Canada.
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists is a network of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist organizations from around the world.
In June 2006, the Unitarian Church of Calgary in partnership with Temple B'nai Tikvah sponsored a performance of The Wedding Bard to benefit the Inn from the Cold Society.
www.unitarianscalgary.org /links.html   (282 words)

  
 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM
The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (commonly called the Unitarian Universalist Association or UUA) is a liberal religious organization, serving the Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations in the U.S. The Canadian Unitarian Council links together Unitarian congregations in Canada.
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists is a network of Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalists organizations from about two dozen countries.
Charles Eddis's pamphlet, "What Unitarians and Universalists Believe" is at: http://www.cuc.ca/ This is a PDF file.
www.religioustolerance.org /u-u.htm   (371 words)

  
 UU International and ICUU | Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) was founded in March 1995 at Essex, Massachusetts, after years of discussion.
Representatives of Unitarian, Universalist, and UU congregations from around the world came together to form this new organization.
The name, International Council of Unitarians and Universalists was chosen to include all Unitarian, Universalists and UU groups.
www.uu-uno.org /drupal/?q=taxonomy_menu/7/29   (492 words)

  
 PBUUC's Links Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is the regional branch of the Unitarian Universalist Association that PBUUC is a member of.
The Continental Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network is a grassroots organization fostering community and spirituality among UU's between the ages of 18-35.
The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an organization of UU's who are interested in celebrating traditional forms of Earth-centered spirituality.
www.pbuuc.org /comm/links/links.html   (2845 words)

  
 Bio and career   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 2000 he started the Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain (Sociedad Unitaria Universalista de España - SUUE), which was admitted as a member of the ICUU in May, 2001.
He is also coordinating the creation and development of Spanish-speaking Unitarian Universalist groups in Spain and Latin America, through the Spanish UU website and two mailing lists in Spanish devoted to Unitarian Universalism and a third list in English on Michael Servetus.
Currently, Jaume de Marcos is on the governing Board of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) and the UNESCO Association for Interfaith Dialog.
perso.wanadoo.es /jdemarcos/id2.htm   (287 words)

  
 Unitarians in Cape Town
The moral climate of a Unitarian community might be described as 'reverence for life' and its worshipping atmosphere as 'celebration of life'.
Unitarians are under no external pressure from creed, doctrines and dogmas, scripture or church.
Unitarians accept that religion is open to change and development in the light of new thought and discovery, and we recognise that people use words in different ways, so that religious language which is helpful to one person is limiting to another.
www.unitarian.co.za /unitarians_cape_town.html   (676 words)

  
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Beginning with 19th century missionary efforts by the Unitarians in India, and by the Universalists in Japan, Unitarians and Universalists have seen a number of opportunities for international connection flourish and then fail for a variety of reasons.
Unitarians and Universalists were also among the founders of the International Association for Religious Freedom at the beginning of the 20th century.
It is against this background of fear and xenophobia that the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council is embarking on a bold new vision.
www.uupcc.org /docs/fear.doc   (1565 words)

  
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The number of Council delegates allocated to member countries is dependent on the number of individual Unitarians in a country.
World Unitarian leaders meet to look to the future of Unitarianism - Charting the Future A special feature of our anniversary celebration was the holding of an all-day meeting prior to the start of the Council meeting, with the leaders (presidents/chairpersons and general secretaries) of all national member groups.
It was felt by all that for Unitarianism to become better known, and to become a greater influence in the world, national and congregational organisations should be strengthened through leadership and youth development and the provision of resources (personal leadership skills, educational and worship material, partnering with other congregations etc).
www.unitarian.co.za /ICUU-Report-CM-Nov-05.doc   (1338 words)

  
 The Partner Church Program
While we think of Unitarian Universalism as an American movement, there are indigenous Unitarians and Universalists in a number of countries, including Romania and India.
Together, they belong to a loose organization known as the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, of which the UUA is also a member.
The UU Partner Church Council is a grass-roots UU volunteer organization which builds relationships between individual U.S. and Canadian congregations and congregations elsewhere in the world.
www.uusharon.org /fellowship/partner_church/program.html   (330 words)

  
 Unitarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The flaming chalice, symbol of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Isaac Newton was an anti-Trinitarian, and possibly a Unitarian.
Friendliness toward unitarianism has sometimes gone hand-in-hand with anti-Catholicism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unitarians   (6180 words)

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