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Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious denomination formed by the merger in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church in America. Both of these predecessor organizations were Christian Unitarian and Universalist denominations; but the UUA is a pluralistic group that includes Christians, Humanists, Buddhists and Pagans, among others. Introduction Liberal Christianity, Progressive Christianity or Liberalism is movement of Christianity that is characterised by these points; diversity of opinion less emphasis on the literal interpretation of Scripture an intimate and personal view of God wider scope in their views on salvation (including universalist beliefs) non-traditional views on heaven...
Note that this kind of denomination is not that of a coin or banknote. ...
1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ...
Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ...
Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...
In comparative religion, a universalist religion is one that holds itself true for all people; it thus allows all to join, regardless of ethnicity. ...
Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ...
Humanism is a general term for many different lines of thought that focus on humanity and issues that are common to human beings. ...
Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ...
Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism, meaning New Paganism) is a heterogeneous group of religions which attempt to revive ancient, mainly European pre-Christian religions. ...
Congregations Most of the member congregations of the UUA are in the United States and Canada, but it has also admitted congregations from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Pakistan (although UUA policy appears at present to be against admitting any new congregations from outside North America, instead having them form their own national bodies and having these bodies join the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists). Canadian congregations are all members of both the UUA and the Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC). Until 2001, most services to Canadian congregations were provided by the UUA; however the UUA and CUC have now agreed that most services will henceforth be delivered to Canadian congregations by the CUC, although the UUA will retain responsibilities in relation to the management of ministers. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) is a world council bringing together Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists. ...
The Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC) is the national body for Unitarian Universalists in Canada. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Organization The UUA is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the historical center of Unitarian Christianity in America. As of 2003, the UUA comprised 1,042 congregations with 157,920 certified members and 61,795 church school enrollees served by 1,623 ministers.[1] (http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/statistics.html) Boston is the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. ...
Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...
Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ...
Association, not denomination The UUA isn't a denomination in the traditional sense. Denominations have authority over their member congregations. Instead, the UUA is an association of congregations. It is the congregations that have authority over the larger body. This relationship is effected by the General Assembly of Unitarian Universalists. Because the general public understands denomination much more readily than association of congregations, the distinction is generally elided in conversation. Because of this relationship between the congregations and the association, Unitarian Universalist congregations have a congregational polity of governance. Other denominations with congregational polity include most Baptists, the Church of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, and the United Church of Christ. Note that this kind of denomination is not that of a coin or banknote. ...
A congregation is a group of people gathered together. ...
Association is the following: A voluntary association (also sometimes called an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement, explicit or implicit, to form or act as a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. ...
The flaming chalice is the universally recognized symbol for Unitarian Universalism. ...
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ...
Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ...
The Churches of Christ are a body of autonomous Christian congregations that have roots in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. ...
The Disciples of Christ, also known as the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) or simply as the Christian Church, is a denomination of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell of Pennsylvania and Barton W. Stone and Virginia Stone of Kentucky. ...
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. ...
In its role as a national organization representing the congregations, The UUA is a member of various liberal organizations, both religious and secular, such as the International Association for Religious Freedom and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence or CSGV is a non-partisan group of 45 organizations and 100,000 individual members founded in 1974 that seeks to ban handguns and assault weapons in the United States. ...
General Assembly General Assembly (GA) is held every year in June in a different city in North America. Member congregations (and a few other member organizations) send delegates and conventioneers to participate in the plenary sessions, workshops, District gatherings, and worship services.
Related organizations Three non-congregational organizations belong to the UUA as Associate Member organizations. Associate Member organizations are esteemed as inherently integral to the work of the UUA and its member congregations, and are accorded two voting delegates each to the annual General Assembly. One of the Associate Member organizations is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), which is active in social change actions. The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a non-profit international service organization that was started out of an effort to smuggle Jews and others targeted groups out of Nazi Germany. ...
The UUA also recognizes many organizations as Independent Affiliate organizations. These organizations are created by Unitarian Universalists as needed to meet the special needs of the diversity within Unitarian Universalism. These groups provide specialized spiritual support, work for specific social justice issues, provide support for religious professionals, etc. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, is a concept largely based on various social contract theories. ...
The UUA owns Beacon Press, a nationally-known publisher of both fiction and non-fiction books. Skinner House Books publishes books primarily of interest to Unitarian Universalists. Beacon Press, founded in 1854 and a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association, operates as a book publisher in the United States of America. ...
Related articles The flaming chalice is the universally recognized symbol for Unitarian Universalism. ...
List of UU Independent Affiliate organizations. ...
List of UU Associate Member organizations UU Service Committee (UUSC) UU Womens Federation (UUWF) UU United Nations Office, Inc. ...
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