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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Publisher: London : Richard and Arthur TaylorPublication date: 1820Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Printed by G. Sherman in 1821 in 329 pages; Subjects: Unitarianism; Religion / Christianity / Denominations; Religion / Unitarian Universalism; ... Read more

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Other ISBNs in this set include: 0548810354. ... Read more

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In a general introduction to this movement of "radical dissenters", George Chryssides explains the history and evolution of modern Unitarianism, with specific reference to its inter-faith activities. ... Read more

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a good book, marred by serious errors
George D. Chryssides provides a sympathetic but objective review of Unitarianism - from a British perspective.

The book's greatest drawback is its embarrassing historical errors.Writing of a leading English Unitarian, the Rev. Thomas Belsham, Chryssides tells us that "Belsham was one of the first members of the clergy to reject the biblical account of the six-day creation, believing it to be irreconcilable with Darwin's evolutionary theory . . . ."(p. 20).I regret to report that Rev. Belsham died in 1829, when Charles Darwin was but a toddler, and that Darwin's "Origin of Species" first saw print in 1859 - some three decades after Rev. Belsham's passing.See On the Origin of Species: A Facsimile of the First Edition (Harvard Paperbacks)

Chryssides proceeds to insert Darwin's theory into the wrong century of American religious history, as well, writing that "Darwinism also became an issue which divided the orthodox and liberal camps" during the eighteenth century's Great Awakening.(p. 26).

This is enough to make a reader cringe.One has to question the general reliability of any text on intellectual history that contains such egregious errors.

Still, Chryssides presents what is, for the most part, a reasonably accurate account of Unitarian ideas.He understands Unitarian values and attitudes, and he provides what is -- on whole -- a very serviceable introduction for readers seeking an introduction to Unitarianism.Those already familiar with American writers' accounts of Unitarianism's history, will find Chryssides's British perspective refreshing, and his writing lively.

If only he'd placed controversy concerning Charles Darwin's theories in the right century, I could have recommended his book unreservedly.

Eric Alan Isaacson

The best account of Unitarianism for many years.
This is a positive account of the religious movement known as Unitarianism, written by someone who really knows his subject from the inside but is also objective enough to take an intelligent overview. I likethe fact that the author treats with a range of contemporary issues thatinevitably arise in a non-credal religion. Full marks for making a complexsubject intelligible without making it banal. ... Read more

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Publisher: Boston : Printed by Samuel T. ArmstrongPublication date: 1815Subjects: Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842UnitarianismUnitarians -- Doctrines Controversial literatureNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The progressive tendencies went silently on; and step by step the old beliefs were discarded, but always by individuals and churches, and not by associations or general official action. Even before the middle of the eighteenth century there was not only a questioning of the doctrine of divine decrees, the conception that God elects some to bliss and some to perdition in accordance with his own arbitrary will, but there was also developing a tendency to reject the tritheism[1] which in New England took the place of a philosophical conception of the Trinity, such as had been held by the great thinkers of the Christian ages. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: Boston, RobertsPublication date: 1882Subjects: UnitarianismNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1889Original Publisher: American Unitarian AssociationSubjects: UnitarianismTranscendentalism (New England)Church historyMassachusettsHistory / United States / State ... Read more