About 1 Universalism in religion and theology 2 other uses of the word 3 Universalism disambiguation universalismUniversalism , in its primary sense, refers to religious, theological, and philosophical ... http dictionary.reference.com browse Religion Religion ref Universalism is a term used to identify particular doctrines considering all people in their formation. Universalism in the religious context ... Christian Universalism See also Universal Reconciliation Trinitarian Universalism religious text primary ... In Christianity , Universalism can refer to the beliefs that all humans either may or will be saved ... term apokatastasis came to be related by some to the beliefs of Christian Universalism , but in early ... writers such as George T. Knight Universalist George T. Knight have claimed that Universalism ... this became known as the Universalist Church of America Universalists . ref Unitarian Universalism ... embraces universalism by conceiving the whole world as a single family that deifies the one truth ... 0 595 70183 4 ref Hindu Universalism denotes the ideology that all religions are true and therefore ... that it is open to all mankind. ref Covenant Jewish Universalism and Particularism By David Polish ... version of Jewish Universalism, believing that God equally chose all nations to be lights unto the world ... unconditional acceptance of each other s peaceful doctrines. ref http www.jsli.net jewish universalism ... to Zoroastrian religious life but what universalism there was derived directly, and to a greater ... all . Non religious Universalism unreferenced section date January 2012 Universalism is not only ... Christian Universalism Liberal Catholic Church Primitive Baptist Universalist Religious Society of Friends Schwarzenau Brethren Swedenborgianism The New Church Trinitarian Universalism Universalist ... Universalism Universal Sufism Notes Reflist References http www.newadvent.org cathen 15181a.htm ... cathen 01599a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article on Apocatastasis apokatastatis E Casara, ed., Universalism ... more details
Universalism refers to any concept or doctrine that applies to all persons and or all things for all times and in all situations, and may mean different things depending on the field In religion, theology see Universalism A part of Unitarian Universalism , a theologically liberal religion characterized by its support for a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. In philosophy For Universal truth , see Universality philosophy For Universal ethic , see Moral universalism For Universal rights , see Natural rights In politics For Universal citizenship , see World citizen For Universal democracy , see Democratic mundialization Universal monarchy , Cakravartin For Universal politics , see Internationalism politics In music Universal Religion , a compilation album series by Armin van Buuren discography Armin van Buuren See also Universal disambiguation Universal Universality disambiguation Disambig da Universalisme de Universalismus fr Universalisme nl Universalisme sv Universalism ... more details
distinguish Moral absolutism Moral universalism also called moral objectivism or universal morality is the meta ethics meta ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universality philosophy universally , that is, for all similarly situated individuals , ref http www.philosophypages.com dy u.htm Philosophical Dictionary Ubermensch Utilitarianism Bot generated title ref regardless of culture , Race classification of human beings race , sex , religion , nationality , sexual orientation sexuality , or any other distinguishing feature. Moral universalism is opposed to moral nihilism and moral relativism . However, not all forms of moral universalism are moral absolutism absolutist , nor are they necessarily value monism value monist many forms of universalism, such as utilitarianism , are non absolutist, and some forms, such as that of Isaiah Berlin , may be value pluralism value pluralist . Overview According to R. W Hepburn , to adopt moral objectivism is ref The Oxford Companion to Philosophy ref cquote ... to argue that moral judgements can be rationally defensible, true or false, that there are rational procedural tests for identifying morally impermissible actions, or that moral values exist independently of the feeling states of individuals at particular times. full Linguist and political theorist Noam Chomsky states that ref http www.zmag.org ... that the latter is not in fact moral universalism because it may distinguish between gods and mortals . As such, models of moral universalism may be Atheism atheistic or agnostic , Deism deistic in the case ... universalism may differ in various ways on the meta ethical question of the nature of the morality ... or another of moral universalism, from the ancient Platonists and Stoics , through Christianity Christians ... of Human Rights is an example of moral universalism in practice. See also Portal Philosophy ... ethics Category Ethical theories Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Moral Universalism et ... more details
File Christian Universalist symbol.svg thumb Off Center Cross of Christian Universalismuniversalism Christianity expand Christian Universalism yes Christian Universalism is a school of Christian theology ... Christian Universalism was used in the 1820s by Russell Streeter of the Christian Intelligencer of Portland ... sers would have people believe, were the inventors and first preachers of Christian Universalism. ref ... in Christ 1800 1889 1829 In a piece entitled Christian Universalism, in the Christian Intelligencer ... Conspiracy How Hell Became Eternal . The Universalist Herald . See also J.W. Hanson. Universalism ... denomination , Christian Universalism originates in the late 18th century with the Universalist ... denominations teach some of the principles of Christian Universalism or are open to them. In 2007 ... for churches, ministries, and individuals who believe in Christian Universalism . Unitarian Universalism historically grew out of Christian Universalism but is not a Christian denomination. It formed ... beliefs which distinguish Christian Universalism from mainstream Christianity are universal reconciliation ... central beliefs of Christian Universalism are compatible with Christianity in general God is the loving ... title The Christian Universalist Association History of Universalism publisher Christianuniversalist.org ... denominational tradition of Christian Universalism during the 19th century. The Universalist Church ... John Murray minister John Murray , who is called the Father of American Universalism, was a disciple ... Christian Universalism was George de Benneville , a French Huguenot preacher and physician who was imprisoned for advocating Universalism and later emigrated to Pennsylvania where he continued preaching ... of Christian Universalism that arose in the early 20th century was the Primitive Baptist Universalists ... Association History of Universalism publisher Christianuniversalist.org date accessdate 2011 ... , an interfaith church that does not teach Christian theology. Christian Universalism largely ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 Essay like date November 2009 Universalism, when used in Human Geography , signals the position that ideas of development produced in Western social sciences hold for all times and places, ref Barnes, T. 2000 Universalism, in R. Johnston, D. Gregory, G. Pratt and M. Wats eds , The Dictionary of Human Geography . Oxford Blackwell, 869 70. ref . Universalist thinking began in the Age of Enlightenment when philosophers decided on truths that could explain occurrences rationally and accurately. Development geography , human geography and other disciplines seek to find and critique universal truths . Critics suggest that Universalism has created a world knowledge hierarchy placing Western Europe, North America and the rest of the developed world at the top, as the center of knowledge, and placing the rest of the globe below, as ignorant and needing to be educated. This hierarchy reiterates the Core periphery notion, examining it in terms of knowledge differentials across space. Universalism s Beginning As intellectuals began to question traditional understandings of the world and think on a global scale, new truths were created to help explain the world. The issues with said truths was that the knowledge that they were based upon was constructed as placeless, free of cultural specificity, abstract, and apolitical ref Lawson, V.L., Making Development Geography . London Hodder Arnold ref . These truths began to manifest themselves in development policies, political apparatuses, and other institutions. Into the late 19th and 20th century the philosopher Emile Durkheim wrote that the truths of modern science are independent of any local context echoing the Enlightenment s philosophies and assuming an isotropic globe, thus allowing homogeneity to overtake difference ... University Press ref blockquote Universalism s Global Diffusion As universal truth claims gained ... with a more culturally ecological Cultural Ecology approach. Foucault s Truths Important to universalism ... more details
Original research date February 2011 universalism Christianity expand Christian Trinitarian Universalism ... to the Divine Comedy . Trinitarian Universalism is a variant of belief in universal salvation ... Universalism . It was particularly associated with an ex Methodist New England minister, John ... Universalism were Paul Dean of Boston and Edward Mitchell in New York. ref The Universalist ..., though a highly respected preacher of Universalism, was never in formal fellowship as his attachments ... B. Mott The Unitarian a monthly magazine of liberal Christianity Volume 6 1891 Trinitarian Universalism has been displaced by Unitarian Universalism. Belief in vicarious atonement has given way to the moral influence idea of Christ s work. Calvinistic and Arminian Universalism have given way to that eclecticism. ref History main Universal Reconciliation The doctrine of Universalism was traditionally ... in the United States H Ballou, Ancient History of Universalism Bell, The Life and Times of Dr. George DeBenneville, 1703 1793 Eddy, R Universalism in America, a History Miller, The Larger ... of Universalism Whittmore, The Modern History of Universalism George Huntston Williams , American Universalism . Universal Salvation? The Current Debate . editors Robin A. Parry & Christopher H. Partridge. 2003. ISBN 0 8028 2764 0. Universalism in the History of Christianity . by Morwena Ludlow ... to leave the Methodist Church because of his Universalism. In 1770, he came to New England and is credited with being the Father of Universalism in North America. Although Murray was a Trinitarian ... opposed Trinitarianism, Calvinism , and legalism. During his tenure, Universalism became linked with liberal ... God of Grace. ISBN 0 8308 1895 2 ref Universalist doctrine main Universalism Off topic date ... cited in support of Universalism http www.biblegateway.com passage ?search romans 205 12 20 &version ... passage ?search 1 20Timothy 202 3 6 20 &version 31 1 Timothy 2 3 6 Universalism and heresy ... more details
Unitarian Universalism is a religious denomination characterized by support for a free and responsible search for truth and meaning of life meaning . ref The 4th principle of Unitarian Universalism http ... Universalism have roots in the Christian faith. Contemporary Unitarian Universalism espouses ... section date June 2011 Unitarian Universalism was formed from the merger in 1961 of two historically ... fathers. Citation needed date February 2012 Universalism Main UniversalismUniversalism broadly refers ... to a god Universal Salvation . Citation needed date February 2012 Christian Universalism Main Christian Universalism Proponents of Christian Universalism claim a long history, beginning ... of the restitution of all things apocatastasis . In 1793, Universalism emerged ... Church of America . ref http www.uua.org visitors ourhistory 6904.shtml UUA Universalism dead link ... after a period resembling purgatory . ref William Latta McCalla Discussion of universalism 1825 ... that doctrine. ref Christian Universalism denies the doctrine of everlasting damnation , and proclaims ... Unitarians Ask About Unitarian Universalism ref Mergers of local congregations and use of the term ... by the Unitarian Universalist Association . As with most actions in Unitarian Universalism, these were ... Universalism is often referred to by its members as a living tradition , and the principles ... Universalism accessdate 2007 02 24 author Warren R. Ross year 2000 month November December work UUWorld ... emphasis on spiritual growth and development. Unitarian Universalism is a creedless religion. The Unitarian ... explaining Unitarian Universalism. ref UU World Magazine. Unitarian Universalist Association. July ... Universalism is the flaming chalice , often framed by two overlapping rings that many interpret as representing Unitarianism and Universalism the symbol has no official interpretation . The chalice ... minded clergy seeking to revive Universalism . Other symbols include a pair of open hands releasing ... more details
notability date March 2012 primary date March 2012 Unitarian Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Association UUA have a long standing tradition of welcoming LGBT people. The first ordained minister of any religion in the U.S. or Canada to come out of the closet come out was the Rev. James Stoll in 1969. ref http www.uupetaluma.org sermons sermon09jan05.html My Greatly Human Hometown Minister James Lewis Stoll, 1936 1994 , sermon by Leland Bond Upson, delivered January 9, 2005 br http web.archive.org web 20050217204501 http www.uupetaluma.org sermons sermon09jan05.html Copy saved at the http web.archive.org Internet Archive ref There have been UUA resolutions supporting people regardless of sexual orientation since 1970, and a popular program of becoming a Welcoming Congregation since 1989. UUA has officially supported UUA clergy performing Services of Union between same sex couples since 1984, ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9D05E0DB1539F93AA15755C0A962948260 Unitarians Endorse Homosexual Marriages , UPI, New York Times , 29 June 1984, retrieved on 21 June 2007. ref and has supported same sex marriage since 1996. ref http www.uua.org obgltc resource history.html UUA Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Community ref In 2004 UU Minister Rev. Debra Haffner of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published An Open Letter on Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality to affirm same sex marriage from a multi faith perspective. ref http www.rhrealitycheck.org blog 2007 06 11 religious leaders must support justice for all Religious Leaders Must Support Justice for All Reproductive Health RHRealityCheck.org Bot generated title ref The UUA maintains an Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns ref http www.uua.org ... DEFAULTSORT Lgbt Topics And Unitarian Universalism Category Unitarian Universalism Category LGBT topics and religion Unitarian Universalism Category LGBT religious organizations es Homosexualidad ... more details
Refimprove date October 2008 Coming of Age CoA , COA is a Unitarian Universalism Unitarian Universalist program in which a congregation fosters the transition of its children into youth . Although COA programs vary by congregation, they typically mark the individual s transition from younger religious education programs into a youth group , Districts of the Unitarian Universalist Association District level Regional Youth ministry Unitarian Universalism Young Religious Unitarian Universalists YRUU , as well as National and Continental level YRUU. Not all youth will enter into all of the levels of programming above, though entering into at least congregational level YRUU Youth group is very common. At least one of the UUA districts holds a series of COA retreats to supplement congregational COA programs. In most programs, a congregation s youth usually aged 12 and above are paired with adult mentors who are members of the congregation. Many programs ask youth to investigate their personal spirituality with the support of their mentors. Youth participants in the program are encouraged to develop a greater sense of what they believe. They do this through discussion, listening to guest speakers, and participating in retreats and workshops. Workshops may be designed to prompt the youth, challenge their modes of thinking, or aid them in furthering their ideas. Some congregations have also encouraged or required each child and mentor to do a social action or social service project together, or organized a service project which all participating youth and mentors do together, such as cooking and serving food at a soup kitchen. At the end of many COA programs, youth and their mentors prepare a service in which they present faith statements or credo statements &mdash written statements of belief and perspectives developed over the course of program. These statements vary in many ways, because there are few guidelines as to what youth may say. Typically, participants who do not wish ... more details
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Unref date November 2009 The Young People s Christian Union , or YPCU , was a Christian Universalism Universalist Youth organization founded in 1898. It was superseded by Liberal Religious Youth in 1953, as Unitarianism and Universalism came ever closer together, but before the official merger in 1961. Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist topics youth org stub Christian org stub Category Christian youth organizations Category Religious organizations established in 1898 Category Defunct Christian organizations Category Organizations disestablished in the 20th century Category Christian groups with universalist beliefs ... more details
The Christian Universalist Association , based in Fairfax, Virginia , is an interdenominational organization connecting churches, ministries, and individuals who believe in Christian Universalism . It was founded in 2007 by Rev. Kalen Fristad United Methodist and Rev. Eric Stetson. The original name Universalist Churches Association was changed to avoid confusion with the Universalist Church of America , which merged into the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1961. The Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington, D.C. , is a member church of both the Christian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Association. See also Christian Universalism Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship External links http www.christianuniversalist.org Christian Universalist Association Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist topics Christian org stub Category Christian groups with universalist beliefs Category Religious organizations established in 2007 Category Organizations based in Virginia Category Fairfax, Virginia ... more details
saved book title Radical Christianity subtitle Christian Anarchism, Communism, Pacifism, and Universalism description Articles related to radical Christian discipleship throughout history cover image Ichthys.svg cover color crimson Radical Christianity Articles related to Christian Anarchism, Communism, Pacifism, and Universalism Theology sorted thematically Christian radicalism Christian pacifism Christian anarchism Christian communism Christian Universalism Trinitarian Universalism Universal reconciliation Apocatastasis Theosis Theology of Anabaptism Radical Reformation Practice sorted alphabetically Agape feast Agrarianism Believer s baptism Christian headcovering Christian vegetarianism Foot washing Holy kiss Lovefeast Nonresistance Plain dress Plain people Simple living Tax resistance Turning the other cheek Communities sorted more or less chronologically Anabaptist Swiss Brethren Mennonite Hutterite Amish Bruderhof Communities Schwarzenau Brethren German Baptist Diggers Religious Society of Friends Doukhobor Church of the Brethren Fellowship of Reconciliation Catholic peace traditions Plowshares Movement Catholic Worker Movement Peace churches Christian Peacemaker Teams Literature sorted chronologically Sermon on the Mount Martyrs Mirror Schleitheim Confession The Kingdom of God Is Within You Persons sorted chronologically Justin Martyr Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Origen Lactantius Petr Chel ick Francis of Assisi Conrad Grebel Felix Manz Melchior Hoffman Jacob Hutter Menno Simons Jakob Ammann George Fox Alexander Mack Hosea Ballou Leo Tolstoy Nikolai Berdyaev Dorothy Day Peter Maurin Ammon Hennacy A. J. Muste Daniel Berrigan Philip Berrigan Dietrich Bonhoeffer Thomas Merton Martin Luther King, Jr. C sar Ch vez Jacques Ellul John Howard Yoder Vernard Eller Category Christian anarchism Category Christian pacifism Category Christian Universalism Category Christian communists Category Wikipedia books community books Category Wikipedia books on Christianity ... more details
distinguish Moral universalism About moral absolutism as a theory of normative ethics moral absolutism as a theory of meta ethics Moral universalism Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of other contexts such as their consequences or the intentions behind them. Thus stealing, for instance, might be considered to be always immoral, even if done to promote some other good e.g., stealing food to feed a starving family , and even if it does in the end promote such a good. Moral absolutism stands in contrast to other categories of normative ethics normative ethical theories such as consequentialism , which holds that the morality in the wide sense of an act depends on the consequences or the context of the act. Moral absolutism is not the same as moral universalism also called moral objectivism . Universalism holds merely that what is right or wrong is independent of custom or opinion as opposed to moral relativism relativism , but not necessarily that what is right or wrong is independent of context or consequences as in absolutism . Moral universalism is compatible with moral absolutism, but also positions such as consequentialism. Louis Pojman gives the following definitions to distinguish the two positions of moral absolutism and universalism ref name PojmanDefense Pojman, L. P. A Defense of Ethical Objectivism p. 50 ref cquote Moral absolutism There is at least one principle that ought never to be violated. Moral objectivism There is a fact of the matter as to whether any given action is morally permissible or impermissible a fact of the matter that does not depend solely on social custom or individual acceptance. Ethical theories which place strong emphasis on rights and duty , such as the deontological ethics of Immanuel Kant , are often forms of moral absolutism, as are many religion religious moral codes ... Morality Moral realism Moral universalism Moral dilemma Graded absolutism Notes reflist External ... more details
For the New Zealand politician Richard Eddy politician Richard Eddy, D.D. 21 June 1828 16 August 1906 was an United States American Universalist Church of America Universalist clergyman, born at Providence, Rhode Island Providence, R. I. He was a chaplain of the Sixtieth New York Volunteers during the American Civil War . From 1877 to 1906 he was president of the Universalist Historical Society and from 1886 to 1891 he was editor of the Universalist Register . He wrote History of Universalism in America, 1636 1886 1884 86 Alcohol in History 1887 Universalism in Gloucester, Mass. 1892 History of Universalism, 120 1890, A. D. 1894 Life of Thomas J. Sawyer, D. D., and Caroline M. Sawyer 1900 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Eddy, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 21 June 1828 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 August 1906 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Eddy, Richard Category Union Army chaplains Category American historians Category 1828 births Category 1906 deaths Category Clergy of the Universalist Church of America Category American Christian theologians Category 19th century Christian Universalists Category 20th century Christian Universalists Category American military chaplains AmericanCivilWar bio stub ... more details
Thomas Baldwin Thayer Boston , 1812 1886 was the leading Universalist theologian in the late nineteenth century. ref http www.harvardsquarelibrary.org universalists Thomas Baldwin Thayer.php Harvard Square biography ref ref Howe, Charles A. The Larger Faith A Short History of American Universalism 1993 ref ref Religious humanism 6 8 Fellowship of Religious Humanists 1972 The social conscience of Universalism is expressed by Benjamin Rush, Winchester, Sylvanus Cobb, the Improvement Circles of Abel Thomas and Thomas Thayer in industrial Lowell, Massachusetts, ref Works Theology of Universalism Christianity against infidelity or, the truth of the gospel history 1836 The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment References reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thayer, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1812 PLACE OF BIRTH Boston DATE OF DEATH 1886 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thayer, Thomas Category 1812 births Category 1886 deaths Category People from Boston, Massachusetts Category American Christian Universalists Category American theologians Category 19th century Christian Universalists Category Christian Universalist theologians US reli bio stub ... more details
Expert subject Religion Unitarian Universalism work group date November 2008 Infobox Organization name ... of Christian Universalism abbreviation UCA formation 1866 extinction May 1961 consolidation with American ... the Unitarian Universalist Association . The defining theology of Universalism Christianity Universalism ... 09 27 ref ref The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism, p. 397, Mark W. Harris, 2009 RESTORATIONIST CONTROVERSY ... The Ancient History Of Universalism From The Time Of The Apostles, To Its Condemnation In The Fifth ... the ancient history of universalism ballous&source bl&ots bE0cN1Nr6j&sig A8kFT05sHqyc6ZU1 x2mab5s3gA ...&f false ref ref cite book title Universalism, The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During ... isbn Universalism, The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years&cd 1 v onepage&q&f false ref Richard Bauckham in Universalism a historical survey ascribes this to Platonist ... article universalism bauckham.html Universalism a historical survey , Themelios 4.2 September ... of God Concerning the Whole Creation, Mankinde London, 1648 . Early America American Universalism ... and Milford, Massachusetts , original societies of Universalism in New England, came from a Baptist ... exiled to England, he arrived in America in 1741. A physician and lay preacher, he spread Universalism ... beliefs. He arranged for the translation of a German book about universalism, The Everlasting Gospel ... . Nearly forty years later, Elhanan Winchester read the book and converted to Universalism. He was influential ... the father of American Universalism, along with John Murray minister , who founded the first Universalist .... These churches and others form minor pockets of Christian Universalism Christianity ..., D.C., to serve as the official church of Universalism. In 1921, the Universalist General Convention ... and state Like many American religions, Universalism has generally been amenable to church state ... left the church to form the Independent Church of Christ, which stood for Universalism. They then refused ... more details
wiktionary universality Universality may refer to Background independence Universality in physical science background independence Universality dynamical systems Universality philosophy , meaning present in all places and all times Turing complete Universality theory of computation Universal property Universal properties in Category Theory Universality medieval history br See also Universal disambiguation Universal Universalism disambiguation Universalization Universalizability disambig fr Universel ... more details
Moral objectivism may refer to Robust moral realism , the meta ethical position that ethical sentences express factual propositions about robust or mind independent features of the world, and that some such propositions are true. Moral universalism also called minimal or moderate moral realism , the meta ethical position that some system of ethics or morality is universally valid, without any further semantic or metaphysical claim. The ethical branch of Ayn Rand s philosophy of Objectivism Ayn Rand Objectivism . See also Moral absolutism disambig fi Eettinen objektivismi ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 Murray Grove is a Unitarian Universalist retreat and conference center in Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey Lanoka Harbor , New Jersey , traditionally considered the site where Universalism in America began. In 1770, Thomas Potter Universalist Thomas Potter , an unlettered but inspired Universalist landowner living in what was then called Good Luck, New Jersey, encountered John Murray minister John Murray after Murray s vessel was grounded in nearby Barnegat Bay . Learning that Murray was both a Universalist and a preacher, Potter prevailed on him to preach the gospel of universal love in the meetinghouse Potter had built for that express purpose ten years earlier. Despite serious misgivings and initial resistance, Murray gave his first Universalist sermon on the North American continent on September 30, 1770. Taking the experience as a sign that God wanted him to dedicate his life to preaching Universalism, he went on to minister to the first Universalist congregation in the United States, in Gloucester, Massachusetts , and later to be centrally involved in the founding of the Universalist Church of America . Universalist pilgrims began trekking to Good Luck in the 1830s. Unable to purchase the meetinghouse, they created what they called Murray Grove and, over time, erected the Potter Memorial Chapel for worship services and Murray Grove House for accommodations. It has been a national center of Universalism for over a century and, since the merger of the Universalists with the Unitarians in 1960 as Unitarian Universalism , remains a vital and active Unitarian Universalist gathering and pilgrimage site. Murray Grove offers historical tours as well as space for groups to hold their own retreats and conferences. Regular programs are presented, especially including the Homecoming celebration the last Saturday of each September. External links http www.murraygrove.org Murray Grove website NewJersey geo stub UnitarianUniversalism stub Coord 39.854 ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 The Young People s Religious Union , or YPRU , was a Unitarianism Unitarian Youth organization founded in 1896. It was superseded by Liberal Religious Youth in 1953, as Unitarianism and Universalism came ever closer together, but before the official merge in 1961. Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist topics Category Christian youth organizations Category Religious organizations established in 1896 Category Defunct Christian organizations Category Organizations disestablished in the 20th century Unitarianism stub youth org stub Christian org stub ... more details
Thomas Allin may refer to Thomas Allin Methodist 1784 1866 , English Methodist Thomas Allin writer on Universalism 1838 1909 , English Episcopalian Thomas Allin 1757 1833 , Kentucky politician Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet 1612 1685 , British naval officer Thomas Allin footballer 1867 1931 , English footballer See also Thomas Allen disambiguation hndis Allin, Thomas ... more details
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