Unitarian Universalist History

A lengthy, proud history.
 
Unitarian Universalism traces its roots back to Europe in the 1500s. “Unitarian” originally came from the belief in the unity of God rather than a Trinity. “Universalism” originated with the belief in universal salvation, the idea that everyone will be saved and no one is eternally damned.
 
In 1961, two historic American denominations, the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America, merged into the Unitarian Universalist Association, with headquarters in Boston. Each of the more than 1,000 congregations in the U.S., Canada and overseas are democratic in polity and operation, and govern themselves. For this reason, each Unitarian Universalist congregation has its own unique character. Today the Unitarian Universalist Association counts more than 200,000 individual members.
 
In the U.S., prominent Unitarians and Universalists over time have included Thomas Jefferson, four other U.S. presidents, and many signers of the Declaration of Independence, as well as influential historical figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan B. Anthony, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Clara Barton, Frank Lloyd Wright, Whitney M. Young, and Adlai Stevenson.
 
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