Embracing universal beliefs Warmth, informality contribute to growth of Unitarian ChurchDiego Ribadeneira, GLOBE STAFF
Unitarian ideas trace back to early debates in the Christian church regarding the nature of Christ and the Godhead. Groups such as the followers of Arius (early 4th century AD) challenged what became the Nicene consensus on the full divinity of Christ. By the Reformation era, thinkers in Pola...
Learn the definition and meaning of deism, and discover the famous deists. Understand the deist beliefs, and examine which Founding Fathers were...
Healey, E. (2010).Emma Darwin: The wife of an inspirational genius. London: Headline. The savage mind The prehistory of the mind: A search for the origins of art, religion and science Paley, W. (1802). Natural theology: or evidences of the existence and attributes of the deity, Collect...
The article presents a speech by Charles Hartshorne, which was delivered at a Unitarian church on August 23, 1992. Hartshorne talks about his religious beliefs. He argues the error in calling God as infinite and the creatures finite. He also discusses his reasons for being a theist. He ...
Unitarianism and Universalism, liberal religious movements that have merged in the United States. In previous centuries they appealed for their views to Scripture interpreted by reason, but most contemporary Unitarians and Universalists base their religi
Protestantism, movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christ
Arius was a Christian priest whose teachings gave rise to a theological doctrine known as Arianism. The doctrine was denounced by the early church as a major heresy because it affirmed a created, finite nature of Christ rather than equal divinity with Go
As the 17th century waned, religious zeal declined and rationalism became more influential. Deism and Arianism (a heresy denying the divinity of Christ) were widespread, the latter especially among the Presbyterians, some of whom adopted Unitarianism. Congregationalism did not go the same way, la...
Social Gospel, religious social reform movement prominent in the United States from about 1870 to 1920. Advocates of the movement interpreted the kingdom of God as requiring social as well as individual salvation and sought the betterment of industrializ