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What exactly is this and how is it a church if it is comprised of non believers.
Sounds like it's just a meeting place for some uber liberals to feel good about themselves?
Unitarian Universalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sounds like it's just a meeting place for some uber liberals to feel good about themselves?
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Main article: History of Unitarianism
In the United States, the Unitarian movement began primarily in the Congregational parish churches of New England, which were part of the state church of Massachusetts.[24] These churches, whose buildings may still be seen today in many New England town squares, trace their roots to the division of the Puritan colonies into parishes for the administration of their religious needs.[25] In the late 18th century, conflict grew within some of these churches between Unitarian and Trinitarian factions. In 1805, Unitarians gained key faculty positions at Harvard. In 1819 William Ellery Channing preached the ordination sermon for Jared Sparks in Baltimore, outlining the Unitarian position. The American Unitarian Association was founded as a separate denomination in 1825.[26] By coincidence and unknown to both parties, the AUA was formed on the same day—May 26, 1825—as the British and Foreign Unitarian Association [27]
In the 19th century, under the influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson (who had been a Unitarian minister)[28] and other transcendentalists, Unitarianism began its long journey from liberal Protestantism to its present more pluralist form.[citation needed]
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