What is Unitarian Universalism?

Flaming Chalice

What is Unitarian Universalism? The short answer is that it is a religion without creed or dogma that is open to all regardless of race, color, social status, sex, disability, sexual orientation, age or national origin and without without requiring adherence to any particular interpretation of religion or to any particular religious belief or creed. To learn more about Unitarian Universalism as a religion, see the following links listed below.


UU Sources

Unitarian Universalist Association is the continental UU organization that serves UU congregations in the U.S. and Canada.

Unitarian Universalism is a Non-Creedal Faith is the Baltimore Washington UUs introduction to our principles and sources.

What Do I Say, After I Say, "I'm a Unitarian Universalist" is an actual sermon that was given by Barbara Wells, co-minister of PBUUC.

The Meaning of the Flaming Chalice explains why Unitarian Universalists use the flaming chalice to symbolize the faith.


Other Sources

The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance's Unitarian Universalist page provides an excellent and accurate overview of UU-ism along with a brief history of our faith.

Religious Movements' page on Unitarian Universalism also provides an accurate overview about our faith.

100 Questions That Non-Members Ask About Unitarian Universalism provides very detailed information on everything you wanted to know about UU-ism. This site discusses the answers to such questions as "Are UU's Christians?," "Can UU's go to heaven or hell?," "Do UU's celebrate Christmas and Easter?," "How are UU ministers educated?," and "Would you characterize UU's as optimistic or pessimistic?"

MP3.com's The Unitarian Universalist Page provides MP3 files of the kind of songs that you could hear in a typical UU Sunday service.

Famous UU's is a list of famous people who are/were also Unitarian Universalists including Louisa May Alcott, P.T. Barnum, Beatrix Potter, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Jefferson, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Beliefnet's Unitarian Universalist page includes UU-related news, stories, and links.


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