What
Is Unitarian-Universalism?With
its historical roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism
is a liberal religion -- that is, a religion that keeps an open mind to the religious
questions people have struggled with in all times and places. We believe that
personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in
religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person
or institution, but in ourselves. We
are a "non-creedal" religion: we do not ask anyone to subscribe to a creed. Our
congregations are self-governing. Authority and responsibility are vested in the
membership of the congregation. Each Unitarian Universalist congregation is involved
in many kinds of programs. Worship is held regularly, the insights of the past
and the present are shared with those who will create the future, service to the
community is undertaken, and friendships are made. A
visitor to a UU congregation will very likely find events and activities such
as church school, day-care centers, lectures and forums, support groups, poetry
festivals, family events, adult education classes and study groups.
(Excerpts from "We
Are Unitarian Universalists", pamphlet #3047) © Unitarian Universalist Association,
1995 Click below
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