Unitarianism

(noun)

A Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to the belief of God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being.

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Examples of Unitarianism in the following topics:

  • Unitarianism and Universalism

    • The first official acceptance of the Unitarian faith on the part of a congregation was by King's Chapel in Boston, which revised the prayer book into a mild Unitarian liturgy in 1785.
    • From 1725 to 1825, Unitarianism gained ground in New England and other areas.
    • Beginning in 1805, Unitarian books appeared by John Sherman and Noah Worcester.
    • His essays, "The System of Exclusion and Denunciation in Religion" (1815) and "Objections to Unitarian Christianity Considered" (1819) made him a defender of Unitarianism.
    • Boston was the center of Unitarian activity in America, and the Brattle Street Church was a prominent Unitarian venue.

  • Religion

    • This is dramatically higher than average; the next highest-earning denomination is Unitarianism at $56,000.
    • Religion is also linked with education. 72% of Unitarian and 67% of Hindu adherents are college graduates, while only 12% of Jehovah's Witness and 15% of Church of God members graduated from college.

  • Evolution of Protestantism

    • Deism influenced the development of Unitarianism in America.
    • By 1800, all but one Congregationalist church in Boston had Unitarian preachers teaching the strict unity of God, the subordinate nature of Christ, and salvation by character.
    • Harvard University, founded by Congregationalists, became a source of Unitarian training.

  • Transcendentalism

    • In particular, transcendentalists criticized the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian church taught at Harvard Divinity School.

  • Movements and Reforms

    • In particular, transcendentalists criticized the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian church taught at Harvard Divinity School.

  • Newspapers

    • During this time, workingmen were questioning the justice of existing economic systems and raising a new labor issues; Unitarianism and transcendentalism were creating and expressing new spiritual values; temperance, prohibition, and the political status of women were being discussed; and abolitionists were growing more vocal, becoming the subject of controversy most critically related to journalism.

  • Families and Inequality

    • For the most part, religious traditions in the world reserve marriage to heterosexual unions but there are exceptions including the Unitarian Universalists and Metropolitan Community Church.

  • Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    • Viola Liuzzo was a Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist from Michigan.