Talk:Unitarian Universalism

McKanan article 2013

I just modified the lead to include a bit of info from a 2013 article by Dan McKanan ("Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism," Religion Compass 7/1 (2013), 15-24). The whole article is good RS; there's more info in it that would be great to cite in this article. If you need a copy of it and don't have access to an academic database, you can email Dan at dmckanan@hds.harvard.edu.

Here is the full paragraph used for the lead modification:

"The 1000 congregations, 161,000 adult members, and 54,000 children who comprise the Unitarian Universalist Association reside primarily in the United States of America, though thirty congregations (totaling 2000 members) in the Philippines are treated as a single member congregation of the UUA. The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists comprises seventeen full members, the largest of which are the UUA, the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (60,000 members), the Unitarian Church in Hungary (25,000 members), the Khasi Unitarian Union in India (9000 members), the Canadian Unitarian Council (5150 members), and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Churches in Great Britain (4300 members). The International Association for Religious Freedom (formerly the International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers) includes liberal groups rooted in many world faiths, notably the Brahmo Samaj of India." Ath271 (talk) 16:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

(ps Not sure why that dead link appears in my comment; it's unrelated and seems to be misplaced from a comment above.) Ath271 (talk) 16:41, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

History - Transcendentalism in US Unitarian Universalism

UU history is heavily influenced by the Transcendentalists. Some Transcendentalists were originally UU ministers, such as Theodore Parker and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In many ways, this influences the modern UU philosophy more than Unitarianism (for many UUs don't believe in God, some are Pagan, and so forth) and Universalism (many UUs don't believe in heaven, so there is no need to believe in universal salvation.) More information is needed in this section. A starting point can be found in this summary of a talk given by a UU minister at the 2008 general assembly, but this would obviously need to be more fully researched and cited. http://www.uua.org/ga/past/2008/commonthreads/115776.shtmlLeighNez (talk) 13:57, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Section Belief and Covenant

I have made edits to try to address the issue of template:refimprove.

In the course of which, I have removed (to here) the following,

While Unitarian Universalists have no required creed, they treat as a sacred value the complete and responsible freedom of speech, thought, belief, faith, and disposition. Unitarian Universalists believe that each person is free to search for their own personal truth on issues, such as the existence, nature, and meaning of life, deities, creation, and afterlife. Unitarian Universalists can come from any religious background, and hold beliefs and adhere to morals from a variety of cultures or religions. They believe that what binds them together as a faith community is not a creed, but a belief in the power and sacredness of covenant based on unconditional love. That love is enough to hold together such variety derives from their Universalist heritage which affirms a God of all-inclusive love. Current concepts about deity, however, are diverse among Unitarian Universalists. While some are still monotheistic, often from a Judeo-Christian perspective, many profess atheism or agnosticism. They see no contradiction in open atheists and agnostics being members of their community because of the rich Unitarian legacy of free inquiry and reason in matters of faith. Still others subscribe to deism, pantheism, or polytheism. Many reject the idea of deities and instead speak of the "spirit of life" that binds all life on earth.

Anyone who can provide a proper reference for this? Please feel free to re-incorporate it into the article, along with the reference. ArthurOgawa (talk) 22:24, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

I have removed the template:refimprove from this section and have applied it instead to the section "Worship and practice".

The work on this section is ongoing.ArthurOgawa (talk) 00:27, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Persistent changing of heading

100.34.18.123 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has persisted in changing the heading "Borrowing from other religions" to some version of "Borrowing from other religions- mixed cultural history denial" despite suggestions from other editors. Is there any support for this change? -- Elphion (talk) 16:57, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

I see no benefit to adding the hyphenated phrase and am not even sure what the phrase "mixed cultural history denial" is attempting to communicate. Mmyotis ^{(^^o^^)} 19:48, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

NAUA description is not very encyclopedic

Perhaps we could reword this to be less of a polemic or at least attribute it to Rev Eklof as opposed to the current wording which sugest it as a fact

North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) seceded from the UUA in the early 2020s largely as a result of the latter's wholesale adoption of critical race theory to the extent that rationalism among other things was abandoned. Its leading lights include Rev. Todd Eklof of the Spokane UU church. Scirocco6 (talk) 04:50, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Bias

This article is biased and incomplete. 2603:7080:B53F:F908:792B:6B89:24A1:FABF (talk) 17:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

In what way? What areas do you feel need coverage that are not covered right now, or need to be changed? Do you have sources that cover these areas that you feel should be included? — penultimate_supper 🚀 ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:24, 7 November 2024 (UTC)