An introduction to unitarian universalism guide written by joan goodwin. The best books on universalism by unitarian universalists. This book gives a brief summary and history of the unitarian universalism church. Unitarian universalism uu for short is a liberal, noncreedal religious movement that welcomes pluralism and diversity in its members beliefs and practices. Together, we offer a guided path towards a better you and a better world. Sharing the book and your responses to it with someone else.
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Together, we create a force more powerful than one person or one belief system. Congregations and members seek inspiration and derive insight from all. Christine robinson of the first unitarian church of albuquerque speaks about unitarian universalism as an open source faith and about the branch ministry project. In unitarian universalism, you can bring your whole self. The unitarian universalist association uua was formed in 1961 by the merger of. This is a wonderful little book both as an introduction overview to unitarian universalism and as a general work on noncreedal religion. This splendid book invites us to consider just such a faith. As an imprint of the unitarian universalist association uua, we sit at the intersection of your progressive values and lifes biggest questions. Kurt vonnegut only a free faith, a chosen faith, offers the kind of engagement that wakes us up to ourselves and makes us willing to risk what we have for what we could become. Born again unitarian universalism a sermon by forrest church.
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