There are separate movements and organizations of Christians who hold to classical Unitarian or Christian Universalist theology and do not belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association or consider themselves UUs.

Christians who hold these beliefs tend to consider themselves the true Unitarians or Universalists and heirs of the theological legacy of the original American Unitarian Association or Universalist Church of America, and they do not wish to be confused with UUs and UUism.

* The Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship ( UUCF ) is an association of Unitarian Universalists who define themselves as Christians.

Most contemporary Unitarian Christians believe that one's personal moral convictions guide one's political activities, and that a secular society is the most viable, just and fair.

A small proportion of Unitarian Christians also have links with Progressive Christianity.

Likewise, some Unitarian Christians also believe that Unitarian Universalists are intolerant of Christian thought and tend to marginalize Christians.

The direct doctrinal descendants of the original Socinians are the Unitarian Christians of Transylvania and England.

Under the leadership of Massimo D ' Alema, the party merged with other minor like-minded movements ( Labour Federation, Social Christians, Republican Left, Unitarian Communists, Reformists for Europe and Democratic Federation ), and took the current name, removing the hammer and sickle from its symbol and substituting it with the red carnation of the Party of European Socialists.

Unitarisk Kirkesamfund ( English: Unitarian Church Society ) is the Danish Unitarian Church, founded on 18 May 1900 as " Det fri Kirkesamfund " ( literally, The Free Congregation ) by a group of liberal Christians.

Unitarian Universalists, Unitarians and Universalists might also display a flaming chalice on clothing, jewelry, their cars, or in their homes as a symbol of their faith, much as Christians display a cross or as Jews display a Star of David.

The AUC does not exclude non-Christians, but many if not most of its members are Unitarian Christians.

In 1997 D ' Alema called for the party to become more of a European social-democratic party, and in 1998 was transformed in Democrats of the Left, after the merger with Labour Federation, Social Christians, Republican Left, Unitarian Communists, Reformists for Europe and Democratic Federation.

The American Unitarian Association, the Unitarian national body, was also young, having been formed in 1825 by Christians who rejected the doctrine of the Trinity.

Visiting other churches while traveling abroad, Aglipay developed his theology, coming to reject the divinity of Jesus and the concept of the Trinity and becoming theologically Unitarian.

In 1017, Hamza officially revealed the Druze faith and began to preach the Unitarian doctrine.

The first official acceptance of the Unitarian faith on the part of a congregation in America was by King's Chapel in Boston, from where James Freeman began teaching Unitarian doctrine in 1784, and was appointed rector and revised the Prayer Book according to Unitarian doctrines in 1786.

The Unitarian Church in Transylvania was first recognized by the Edict of Torda, issued by the Transylvanian Diet under Prince John II Sigismund Zápolya ( January 1568 ), and was first led by Ferenc Dávid ( a former Calvinist bishop, who had begun preaching the new doctrine in 1566 ).

Adams, as well as her husband, was an active member of First Parish Church in Quincy, which became Unitarian in doctrine by 1753.

Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the Eastern region of the United States as a protest to the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian church taught at Harvard Divinity School.

Socinianism is a system of Christian doctrine named for Fausto Sozzini ( Latin: Faustus Socinus ), which was developed among the Polish Brethren in the Minor Reformed Church of Poland during the 15th and 16th centuries and embraced also by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania during the same period.

However, in 1839 he sprang to the defence of Unitarian doctrine, which had been assailed by certain Liverpool clergymen, of whom Fielding Ould was the most active and Hugh McNeile the most famous.

Until the passing of the Unitarian Relief Act in 1813 it was a criminal offence to deny the doctrine of the Trinity.

Early Christadelphians, notably John Thomas ( 1870 ) and C. C. Walker ( 1929 ) integrated angelic theophanies and God as revealed in his various divine names into a doctrine of God Manifestation which carries on into a Unitarian understanding of God's theophany in Christ and God being manifested in resurrected believers.

This rule, if true, has a profound bearing on Unitarian doctrine, which led to a ‘ celebrated controversy ’, in which many leading divines took part, including Christopher Wordsworth.

He rejected the austere and literalist Anglicanism of his up-bringing, but retained some religious faith and decided to join the Unitarian Church, impressed by its scientific approach to Christian doctrine and its progressive and tolerant values.

" The seceders from his communion accused him of denying the orthodox doctrine of the union of the Divine and the human natures in the Man Christ Jesus — not indeed in a Unitarian, but in a Gnostic sense.

His church, called the New Dimensions Church, adopted this doctrine, and in 2008, the congregation was merged into All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the world.

He was also secretary of the Unitarian Association and, in 1867-1871 professor of natural religion and Christian doctrine at Harvard.

During the Unitarian Movement of the early 19th century, Old South was the sole Congregational Church in Boston to adhere to the doctrine of Trinitarianism.

For the most part, religious traditions in the world reserve marriage to heterosexual unions, but there are exceptions including certain Buddhist and Hindu traditions, Unitarian Universalist, Metropolitan Community Church and some Anglican dioceses and some Quaker, United Church of Canada and Reform Jewish congregations .< ref >" World Religions and Same Sex Marriage ", Marriage Law Project, Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, July 2002 revision

Neopaganism in the United States accounts for roughly a third of all contemporary Pagans worldwide, and for some 0. 2 % of US population, figuring as the sixth largest non-Christian denomination in the US, after Judaism ( 1. 4 %), Islam ( 0. 6 %), Buddhism ( 0. 5 %), Hinduism ( 0. 3 %) and Unitarian Universalism ( 0. 3 %).

However as he grew older his views became more typically Unitarian, though he rejected some of the views of Joseph Priestley and the Transcendentalists.

Unitarian Universalist congregations and fellowships tend to retain some Christian traditions, such as Sunday worship with a sermon and the singing of hymns.

In the late 18th century, conflict grew within some of these churches between Unitarian and Trinitarian factions.

After the schism, some of those churches remained within the Congregational fold, while others voted to become Unitarian.

In the aftermath of their various historical circumstances, some of these churches became member congregations of the Congregational organization ( later the United Church of Christ ), others became Unitarian and eventually became part of the UUA.

There is great variety among Unitarian Universalist congregations, with some favoring particular religious beliefs or forms of worship over others, with many more home to an eclectic mix of beliefs.

The lack of formal creed has been a cause for criticism among some who argue that Unitarian Universalism is thus without religious content.

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

Although there is flexibility in the nuances of belief or basic truths for the individual Unitarian Christian, general principles of faith have been recognized as a way to bind the group in some commonality.

At a local level, many Unitarian Christian groups ( or members ) have links with congregations affiliated with the United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and Unity Church ; some argue they feel more at home within these denominations than Unitarian Universalism.

The Church is similar in some respects to the Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ), although the two were never affiliated.

Here lies the power of the liberal way: not in making the whole world Unitarian, but in helping ourselves and others to see some of the possibilities inherent in viewpoints other than one's own ; in encouraging the free interchange of ideas ; in welcoming fresh approaches to the problems of life ; in urging the fullest, most vigorous use of critical self-examination.

Todmorden has the look of a Victorian mill town and has some notable buildings including Dobroyd Castle ( completed in 1869 ), now used as a residential activity centre for schoolchildren ; the Edwardian Hippodrome Theatre ; an imposing Greek Revival town hall ( built 1866 – 1875 ) that dominates the centre of town ; the Grade I listed Todmorden Unitarian Church ( built 1865 – 1869 ); and the 120 ft Stoodley Pike monument ( built 1814 and rebuilt in 1854 ) atop the hill of the same name.

" ( i. e. God ) thus atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, most Satanists, some Unitarian Universalists and New Age followers, who do not believe in a supreme being would be excluded from public office.

Most belong to the Unitarian or Episcopal churches, although some were Congregationalists or Methodists.

The style was popular in the late 19th century among Baptist ( Primitive Baptist especially ), Methodist, Unitarian, and some Presbyterians preachers, such as Blackleach Burritt.

However, evolution was accepted by some religious groups such as the Unitarian church and the liberal Anglican theologians who went on to publish Essays and Reviews.