Universalists

She was a longtime member of the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) and was honored as their Poet Laureate.

Although the faith has roots in Christianity and some Unitarian Universalists identify as Christians, Pew does not categorize the tradition under Christianity.

Having no set doctrine or dogma, nor “beholden” to any particular sacred scriptural tradition, Unitarian Universalists are free to explore and practice the wisdom inherent in all of life.

At the time of the merger between Universalists and Unitarians, membership (both US and Canadian) was perhaps half a million.

Congregations call themselves "churches," "societies," "fellowships," "congregations," or eschew the use of any particular descriptor (e.g. "Sierra Foothills Unitarian Universalists").

Early Unitarians did not hold Universalist beliefs, and early Universalists did not hold Unitarian beliefs.

For example, Rastafaris view the Bible as essential to their religion Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica – Page 171, Charles Price – 2009 and Unitarian Universalists view it as "one of many important religious texts".

In short, Unitarian Universalists respect the important religious texts of other religions.

It is therefore common to see Unitarian Universalists and Quakers working together.

Like the beliefs of Unitarian Universalists, politics are decided by individuals, not by congregations or the denomination.

Many of these are Unitarian Universalists in other countries, members of the military, prisoners or non-mobile elderly.

Moral universalists argue further that their system often does justify tolerance, and that disagreement with moral systems does not always demand interference, and certainly not aggressive interference.

Most Unitarian Universalists believe that heaven and hell are symbolic places of consciousness and the faith is largely focused on the worldly life rather than any possible afterlife.

Nonetheless, Unitarian Universalists have had to deal with disruptive individuals.

Over time, however, some Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists moved away from the traditional Christian roots of Unitarianism.

Since Unitarian Universalists do not recognize a particular text or set of texts as primary or inherently superior, inspiration can be found in many different religious or cultural texts as well as the personal experiences of the minister.

Skinner House Books publishes books primarily of interest to Unitarian Universalists.

Some falsely assert that Universalists and Unitarians in the 18th and 19th centuries were theologically linked with Arminianism.

The Unitarians and Universalists are groups that existed long before the creation of Unitarian Universalism.

Transcendentalism was a movement that diverged from contemporary American Unitarianism but has been embraced by later Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists.