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  What is unitarianism? CARM
Unitarianism is the belief that God exists in one person, not three.
In the context of universalism, the Unitarianism discussed here is that belief that denies the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personhood of the Holy Spirit, eternal punishment, and the vicarious atonement of Jesus.
The General Convention of the Unitarian Universalists formulated the five principles of the Universalist Faith in 1899.
www.carm.org /uni/unitarianism.htm   (693 words)

  
  Unitarian Universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unitarian Universalism (UU or UUism) is a theologically liberal, inclusive religion formed by the merger of Unitarian and Universalist organizations in the mid 20th century.
Unitarian Universalist churches welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, as well as those with various disabilities, and the church does not discriminate on the basis of skin color, national origin, or ethnicity.
Unitarian Universalists have often been active in liberal political activism, notably the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement, the social justice movement, and the feminist movement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unitarian_Universalism   (2715 words)

  
 List of Unitarian Universalists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Individuals who held unitarian (nontrinitarian) beliefs but were not affiliated with Unitarian organizations are often referred to as "small 'u'" unitarians.
It should be noted that the Unitarians and Universalists are groups that existed long before the creation of Unitarian Universalism.
Transcendentalism was a movement that diverged from contemporary American Unitarianism but has been embraced by later Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Unitarian_Universalists   (332 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater Florida, where seekers find a home
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater is a gathering of almost 400 souls that come together in a liberal religious tradition each week.
Unitarian Universalists try to keep open minds, believing that personal experience, conscience, and reason should be the final authorities in religion.
Unitarian Universalism is practical because it is a religion of deeds, not creeds.
www.uuclearwater.org   (540 words)

  
 What Do They Believe: Unitarian Universalists - Christ's Church of the Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Unitarian Universalism is a religion that claims to be "born of the Jewish and Christian traditions." They believe that personal experience, conscience, and reason should be the final authorities in religion.
Even their own development as an individual religion has not been exclusive: The Unitarian Universalist movement is the result of the joining of the Unitarian religion with the Universalists.
To avoid confusion, many Unitarian Universalists are more apt to speak of "reverence for life, the spirit of love or truth, the holy, or the gracious.
www.ccvonline.com /newsletter/article.aspx?volume_id=76287&article_id=2   (958 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)

  
 Unitarian Universalism : Unitarian Universalist Faith - religious cults, sects and movements   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At a Unitarian Universalist worship service or meeting, you are likely to find members whose positions on faith may be derived from a variety of religious beliefs: Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, naturist, atheist, or agnostic.
Unitarian heritage dates back to the 16th century when the term, ''Unitarian'', was first used to designate people who did not accept the dogma of the Trinity, but instead believe in a single diety.
Across the vast expanse of American religion, Unitarianism is as far removed from mainstream Christian orthodoxy as Iceland is from the equator.
www.apologeticsindex.org /u07.html   (674 words)

  
 Beacon Unitarian Church: Unitarian Universalist Beliefs
The beliefs of Unitarian Universalists are diverse: About one in four identifies themselves to be Christian.
Unitarianism features a lack of dogma, a belief in the inherent goodness of people, and the obligation for each member to seek out and develop his or her own system of beliefs and ethics.
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion born of the Jewish and Christian traditions.
www.beaconunitarian.org /uubeliefs.html   (372 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists - Christian or Cult?
Unitarian Universalism is one of the most liberal of the denominations, being more akin to a society of free thinkers than a traditional "Christian" denomination.
In America, the religious liberalism that came to be known as Unitarianism appeared within the congregational churches in Massachusetts as a reaction against the revivalism of the Great Awakening (1740-43).
Unitarianism prospered in the late-18th century among the Harvard elite, and emerged full bloom in the early-19th century as a rational, mystical, liberal religion that rejected the divinity of Christ as well as the Calvinist view of man as totally depraved.
www.rapidnet.com /~jbeard/bdm/Cults/unitari.htm   (688 words)

  
 What do Unitarian Universalists Believe?
The UU Fellowship of Sonoma County belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Association.
The Unitarian Universalist Association shall devote its resources to and exercise its corporate powers for religious, educational and humanitarian purposes.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to infringe upon the individual freedom of belief which is inherent in the Universalist and Unitarian heritages or to conflict with any statement of purpose, covenant, or bond of union used by any society unless such is used as a creedal test.
www.sonic.net /~bobino/uu.html   (736 words)

  
 Ministers Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg
THE REV. ROBERT F. The Reverend Robert F. Renjilian arrived in York in the Summer of 2001, and is the settled parish minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York.
Bob grew up as a Unitarian Universalist in his home congregation in Connecticut, The Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Fairfield County, which was a small lay-led fellowship that met in a converted barn nestled in the woods.
His volunteer work in the large Unitarian Universalist congregation in Indianapolis, and discussions with ministers, led him to realize ministry was the path he wanted to follow.
www.uugettysburg.org /page9.html   (401 words)

  
 Home Page
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with a solid set of common core values and principles for ethical living.
Here is a sampling of some of the founding fathers, artists, authors, humanitarians and scientists who attended Unitarian or Universalist congregations regularly, were members or ministers of a congregation, or identified themselves as Unitarians or Universalists.
Unitarians and Universalists were among the leaders of the fight against slavery.
www.angelfire.com /un/uscunitarians   (1181 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists of Palm Beach County, Florida - FAITH without a CREED
However, Unitarian Universalist beliefs are consistent with seven principles that Unitarian Universalist congregations have agreed to affirm.
But in a Unitarian Universalist congregation, you are encouraged to seek and develop your own truth, within a community of fellow seekers.
Unitarian Universalism teaches us that all people have value and that we should cherish and respect all people, regardless of their culture, faith, sexual orientation, physical being, or family situation.
communitylink.gopbi.com /servlet/groups_ProcServ/dbpage=cge&gid=00026000001016743266826663&pg=00083000001088100659133313   (582 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Paul Rich adds a geographical dimension to our study of Unitarian Universalists, except that he is talking about Unitarians, without the Universalists.
There are Unitarian congregations in the Midwest that owe their origins to Iceland, where the Lutheran Church became Arian.
One meets Unitarians whose origins were in Hungary and Rumania, where the parish churches in the Middle Ages gradually came under the influence of a sort of latitudinarianism and where to this day an entire village will be Unitarian: Both countries have Unitarian bishops.
wais.stanford.edu /Religion/religion_704.html   (254 words)

  
 What is UU?
Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen, a scientist and a Unitarian minister, brought Unitarianism to the United States in 1794, the year the first Unitarian Church of Philadelphia was founded.
Unitarian Universalism traces its roots to Christian heretics who disputed the fixed dogma of the early church on subjects such as the Trinity and eternal damnation (hell).
That depends on the individual Unitarian Universalist, and probably on who is defining the word "Christian." The specific theological beliefs of each Unitarian Universalist are a matter of personal choice.
www.mluuc.org /whatis.html   (1140 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists in Science Fiction
Edward Everett Hale was a well known Unitarian preacher and abolitionist in the 19th Century, and was the author of a number of important literary works.
He was dressed in his Unitarian minister's shirt, and at first he looked like he was in costume, his face still lined brick-red with sun, his hair still a tangle.
But he was a minister, in the Unitarian Church (also in the Universal Life Church, and in the World Peace Church, and in the Baha'is), and as he talked about Tom, and the crowd continued to collect on the crown of the hill--older people who had known Tom all their lives, younger people...
www.adherents.com /lit/sf_uu.html   (3748 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   (475 words)

  
 Beliefnet Presents a Comprehensive Look in to Unitarian Universalism: Beliefs and Practices -- Beliefnet.com
Most Unitarians do not believe that Satan causes suffering.
The Unitarian Universalist Association’s stance is to protect the personal right to choose abortion.
Other contemporary views include working for equality for homosexuals, gender equality, a secular approach to divorce and remarriage, working to end poverty, promoting peace and nonviolence, and environmental protection.
www.beliefnet.com /story/80/story_8041_1.html   (421 words)

  
 "Unitarian Universalists Are Unique"
There is a story, probably apocryphal (not that Apocryphal) that when the Unitarians and the Universalists considered merging in 1961, the Unitarians proposed the names be combined.
A cautious laugh was had by all, and the Unitarian Universalist Association was formed anyway.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Marion County is on Midway Road, Silver Springs Shores.
members.aol.com /DaddyJMO/cohen7.htm   (610 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Brazos Valley embraces a diversity of cultural and religious views.
Unitarian Universalists are encouraged to conduct their own seach for truth and spiritual growth.
Our symbol is the Flaming Chalice: warmth of community and fire of creative truth, emerging from an eternal cup of common bonds, placed off center within the two coinciding circles of historical Unitarianism and Universalism.
www.uuonline.org /uufbv   (155 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the United States, the Unitarian movement began primarily in the Congregationalist parish churches of New England.
John Haynes Holmes, a minister and social activist at The Community Church of New York - Unitarian Universalist was among the founders of both the NAACP and ACLU, chairing the latter for a time.
First Unitarian Society Madison, Wisconsin - largest UU congregation, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unitarian_Universalist   (2715 words)

  
 Home Page
Unitarian Universalist congregations are places where people gather to nurture their spirits and put their faith into action by helping to make our communities—and the world—a better place.
Unitarian Universalism was founded on a set of shared values.
Unitarians and Universalists were among the leaders of the fight against slavery.
www.uuofscv.org   (2700 words)

  
 uusj.org - Social Justice for Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia
We are a Unitarian Universalist partnership of congregations, organizations and individuals deeply committed to our religious principles.
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) and the UUA Washington Office for Advocacy will be sponsoring A Half-Day Workshop on Planning, Energizing, and Mobilizing Your Congregation’s Social Justice Ministry at which the Opening Address will be given by the Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
On Sunday, May 15, 350 members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (UUCF) gathered together in quite reflection to construct and dedicate an Iraq War Memorial Cairn to recognize the military and civilan fatalities.
www.uusj.org   (1162 words)

  
 University Unitarian Universalists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
University Unitarian Universalists (UUU) is a liberal religious group serving the academic community of Tallahassee, FL.
Membership is open to students, faculty, and staff of Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and Tallahassee Community College, as well as to any member of the general community.
Our group is an outreach effort of The Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee.
www.afn.org /~afn49740/uuu.html   (113 words)

  
 Adherents.com: Unitarian Universalists
It should be noted that even with such a large national sample size, the total number of Unitarian Universalists was so small that for some states with small populations, the estimated proportion was based on a statistically unreliable number of respondents.
What probably is reliable from the Kosmin data is that it verifies the relatively higher proportion of Unitarian Universalists in the state populations of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine.
Apparently a large group of Americans consider themselves in some way to be Unitarian Universalists, but are not officially affiliated with the organization.
www.adherents.com /largecom/com_uua.html   (369 words)

  
 Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
With its historical roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion -- that is, a religion that keeps an open mind to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places.
We believe that personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves.
Whether you are curious about Unitarian Universalist churches, or already know that this will be your church in Gettysburg.
www.uugettysburg.org   (840 words)

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