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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 the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of 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. Subjects: Unitarian churches; Unitarians; Unitarianism; Hymns, English; Music / Religious / Hymns; Music / Religious / Christian; Religion / Unitarian Universalism; ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3058 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Included are detailed entries on 13 major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, and entries on 28 religious subgroups, such as Shi'ites or Baptists.Provides Date of Origin, Dietary Practices, Number of Followers, Social Aspects, Controversial Issues, Major Theologians and Authors, Cultural Impact, Houses of Worship, Holy Places, What is Sacred, Rituals, Rites of Passage, Festivals and Holidays, Membership, Social Justice, Modes of Dress and Founder.Also includes significant religions in 193 countries that detail History, Political Impact, Other Religions, Religious Tolerance and more. ... Read more

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A survey of inter-faith relations from a Unitarian perspective: this book traces the development of Unitarian attitudes towards major world religions over the past 250 years, showing how Unitarian values and ideas have been influenced by close contact with Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, and Judaic traditions, in addition to mainstream Christian thought. The author considers the Unitarian contribution to the academic study of world religions and to the fostering of inter-faith relations. He also assesses the impact of inter-faith activities on the form and content of Sunday worship and religious education in Unitarian congregations. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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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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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Newington Green Unitarian Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After the end of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth and the Restoration of Charles II, those in England and Wales who were not members of the Church of England found themselves in an uncomfortable position. Several pieces of legislation, known collectively as the Clarendon Code, made their lives difficult. The first restricted public office to Anglicans. The Act of Uniformity the following year was a step too far for many clergymen, and about 2,000 of them left the established church in the Great Ejection of 1662. The third act forbad unauthorised religious meetings of more than five people. The final one prohibited Nonconformist clergymen from living within five miles of a parish from which they had been banned. Where the ministers went, their flocks tended to follow. Some of these restrictions were ameliorated a generation later, with the passing of the Act of Toleration 1689, which guaranteed freedom of worship for certain groups. It allowed Nonconformists (or Dissenters) their own places of worship and their own teachers and preachers, subject to certain oaths of allegiance and to the registering of these locations and leaders, but it perpetuated their existing social and political disabilities, including their exclusion from political office and also from universities (Oxford and Cambridge were the only universities in England and Wales at that time). Roman Catholics were specifically targeted by these acts, and many of them went underground. Some Christians who had hoped for a more Protestant Reformation within the Established Church chose to emigrate, especially to the American colonies, as the Pilgrim Fathers had done in 1620. Others maintained their faith openly, and l... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22451397 ... 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 the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of 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. Subtitle: With Articles, Covenant, and Statement of Faith, to Which Are Added Letters From the Past and Present Pastors; Subjects: Unitarian churches; Religion / Sermons / Christian; Religion / Unitarian Universalism; ... Read more

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1842. This treatise presents the history of universalism from the time of the apostles to its condemnation in the Fifth General Council, 553 AD, with an appendix tracing the doctrine down to the era of the Reformation. The attentive reader will discover that the ancient history of universalism is naturally distinguished, by certain peculiarities, into three successive periods: the first, extending to the year 190; the second running to the year 390 or 394; and the third, reaching to the Fifth General Council in 553 AD. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. ... Read more

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Nothing new under the sun!
Ancient History of Universalism (1885). This book presents an excellent overview of ancient writers and key figures in church history who have defended the view that all men (or all intelligent creatures) will ultimately be saved, healed and reconciled with God. Although the period ranging from AD 100 to AD 550 is the main subject of the book, AD 550 to AD 1500 is discussed in an Appendix. In passing, Dr.Ballou shows that many opinions defended in (Ultra)-Dispensationalism were already propagated in mediaeval times (e.g., the view that water baptism and all other rites and ceremonies should have ceased after Messiah died on the cross and was raised from the dead). It was sobering to discover that there is nothing new under the sun! ... Read more

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Chapters: Cyrus Peirce, Norbert Čapek, John Relly Beard, Henry Giles, John Islan Jones, Jesse Chickering, Alexander Gordon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cyrus Peirce (1790-1860), American educator and Unitarian minister, was the founding president of the first American public normal school, which evolved into Framingham State College. Cyrus Peirce (originally pronounced "Purse," but now usually as if it were spelled "Pierce') was born on August 15, 1790 in Waltham, Massachusetts, the twelfth and last child of Isaac Peirce and Hannah Mason Peirce, his wife. He went to Framingham Academy before going to Harvard. During his sophomore year in the winter of 1807-1808, he began teaching in nearby West Newton. The cobblestone Main Street in historic Downtown NantucketAfter receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1810, Peirce went to Nantucket Island to take charge of a private school there, but after two years there, he returned to Harvard in 1810 to start divinity school, which he completed in 1815. He then returned to Nantucket where he resumed his teaching career. On April 1, 1816, in Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce married Harriet Coffin, (born June 26, 1794), the daughter of William Coffin, II, and Deborah Pinkham Coffin, his wife. They had no children. Cyrus Peirce left Nantucket to begin preaching in 1818 and was ordained a Unitarian minister in North Reading on May 19, 1819, and ministered there until May 19, 1827, when he resigned to take charge of a school in North Andover, where he stayed until 1831. In 1831, Cyrus Peirce returned to Nantucket and opened a "School for Young Ladies." In 1832, fourteen year old Maria Mitchell, who later became a well-known astronomer, became one of his pupils. She eventually became his assistant, but lef...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12757484 ... Read more

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This is a great book for anyone who is familiar with Community Unitarian Church in White Plains, NY and wants to know more about the history of the physical space and the people who facilitated and influenced its growth. "Freely United" chronicles the first 50 years of the congregation as it grew and shifted with the changing times. Full of personal anecdotes, original photographs, and a rich sense of the congregation's dedication to fostering an environment that expresses religion in modern terms and applies it to the problems of the contemporary world, this book recounts the full history of the early years of CUC. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Unitarian Clergy, Cyrus Peirce, Norbert Čapek, John Relly Beard, Henry Giles, John Islan Jones, Jesse Chickering, Alexander Gordon. Excerpt: Cyrus Peirce (1790-1860), American educator and Unitarian minister, was the founding president of the first American public normal school, which evolved into Framingham State College. Cyrus Peirce (originally pronounced "Purse," but now usually as if it were spelled "Pierce') was born on August 15, 1790 in Waltham, Massachusetts, the twelfth and last child of Isaac Peirce and Hannah Mason Peirce, his wife. He went to Framingham Academy before going to Harvard. During his sophomore year in the winter of 1807-1808, he began teaching in nearby West Newton. The cobblestone Main Street in historic Downtown NantucketAfter receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1810, Peirce went to Nantucket Island to take charge of a private school there, but after two years there, he returned to Harvard in 1810 to start divinity school, which he completed in 1815. He then returned to Nantucket where he resumed his teaching career. On April 1, 1816, in Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce married Harriet Coffin, (born June 26, 1794), the daughter of William Coffin, II, and Deborah Pinkham Coffin, his wife. They had no children. Cyrus Peirce left Nantucket to begin preaching in 1818 and was ordained a Unitarian minister in North Reading on May 19, 1819, and ministered there until May 19, 1827, when he resigned to take charge of a school in North Andover, where he stayed until 1831. In 1831, Cyrus Peirce returned to Nantucket and opened a "School for Young Ladies." In 1832, fourteen year old Maria Mitchell, who later became a well-known astronomer, became one of his pupils. She eventually became his assistant, but left to start h... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12757484 ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRITThe Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God. -- Romans viii. 16.It has been said that if we had not an immediate and intimate knowledge of God within us ' theologies and Churches would speedily become extinct' ; that if we did not know God personally, but only knew of him, and had some vague idea of his character and will, there could be no Religion. If God was simply a conclusion of the reasoning powers of the mind, a deduction drawn by the intellect from what is supplied to it through the senses from the outside world, then he would not be to us a personal friend, but only an idea, like the idea of some one we have heard of, but not seen, and whom the imagination vainly endeavours to picture, but cannot possibly picture correctly.Martineau has called that kind of Religion which reaches God by inference.' Natural Religion.'In it there are steps of reasoning between us and God. We reach the infinite by successive stages of advance from the finite. By this method God is mediated to us through something else, but he is not immediate. He is not presented to us, but represented. Jesus himself used this indirect method of teaching Religion. He was constantly pointing to Nature as conveying a knowledge of God. But few, if any, are satisfied with this so-called Natural Religion. They also long for the Revealed Religion, to know God intimately and immediately, ' living God with living Man, Spirit present with spirit.' They do not want to rest on the bare probabilities of natural religion, but require an assurance more direct. In Thomas ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists, Samuel Crellius. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A number of noted people have considered themselves Unitarians, Universalists, and following the merger of these denominations in the United States and Canada in 1961, Unitarian Universalists. Additionally, there are persons who, because of their writings or reputation, are considered to have held Unitarian or Universalist beliefs. Individuals who held unitarian (nontrinitarian) beliefs but were not affiliated with Unitarian organizations are often referred to as "small 'u'" unitarians. The same principle can be applied to those who believed in universal salvation but were not members of Universalist organizations. This article, therefore, makes the distinction between capitalized "Unitarians" and "Universalists" and lowercase "unitarians" and "universalists". The Unitarians and Universalists are groups that existed long before the creation of Unitarian Universalism. Many historical Unitarians did not hold Universalist beliefs, and many historical Universalists did not hold Unitarian beliefs. But beginning in the Nineteenth century, and even earlier, the theologies of the two groups started becoming more similar. Additionally, the merger did not eliminate divergent Unitarian and Universalist congregations, especially outside the US. Even in the US there are congregations which still keep only one of the two names "Unitarian" or "Universalist" (though with only a few exceptions, are all part of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)); even those which maintain dual affiliation (e.g. Unitarian and Quaker). Transcendentalism was a movement that diverged from contemporary American Unitarianism but has been embraced by late...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=37292 ... Read more

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This exploration of Faure's life provides not only the history of an individual but also information on the controversies in the political, spiritual, judicial and journalistic worlds which were shaping South Africa on the road to Union and apartheid. The founder of Unitarianism in South Africa, Reverend David Faure, was a clergyman, civil servant, interpreter, court official, and journalist during the years of his life. His life provides an interesting insight into colonial times in the Cape Colony of South Africa, and why the transition from colonial rule to the apartheid era was so easy. A biography of this man is long overdue. David Peter Faure was born in Stellenbosch in 1842, into a very well known Cape colony family. He initially desired a pulpit in the conservative Dutch Reformed Church. While attending the University of Leiden in Holland, he was exposed to the writings of the American Unitarian minister and social reformer, Theodore Parker, who moved Faure towards the so called new theology. When he returned to Cape Town he was grounded in the notion of 'higher law' as well as the very essence of liberal religion which he now perceived as love of God and neighbor.Faure's message attracted a small group of followers who were looking for worship unhindered by traditional dogmas; and established the 'Free Protestant Church' serving as its minister from 1867-1897. Unfortunately, illness struck and forced him to reduce his activities. However, he still managed to write and have printed messages on the coming Anglo Boer war. Faure's approach to life in the colonial community in which he lived was broad-minded, liberal and tolerant. Such is not the traditional view of the Afrikaner which has been reported broadly throughout the world over the decades in which he lived. Faure was almost a unique figure in the late nineteenth century Cape. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE CHRIST OF THE GOSPELS BROUGHT BACK. ONE of the most important things to be done to-day, in the way of religious thought, is to revive in the world the thought, the impression of the Christ of the Gospels. Because there is not the slightest sign of any real tendency in modern life to put Christ aside, or to leave him, as it were, behind, in the march of progress. There are a few, here and there, who may regard the reverence for him as a sort of superstitious mistake. They would have what they call "pure Theism," simply the thought of God and of our personal relation to God; let religion dwell upon that, and occupy itself with expressing that—and any talk of Christ they treat as an interference, and a diversion of the mind from its true object. But if it is really Jesus Christ who has taught men the very highest and purest Theism, and whose life and word still give the best teaching of it, the human heart is likely to go on thinking ofhim, and holding his hand, as it were, in those very approaches to God which he has taught, and in which he has given us such loving confidence. No ; look where I may at life in its real uplifting, it still keeps "looking to Jesus." The Churches which hold that he was God, of course, are bound to look to him, and it is a good sign that they are looking more directly to him—less to abstract theology, and more to Christ—than ever before. And look away from the churches altogether; watch the seething, popular life of the time, which has little faith in churches, yet is stirring with dumb, inarticulate longings for some better life for men, some nobler society; and constantly you find some appeal to what Christ was and said as the great Friend of the toiler and the poor. Even in religions which specifically disclaim any discipleship to Christ, you ... ... Read more

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A cairn is a pile of stones intentionally stacked to serve as a guidepost along a rugged or barren path. This literary journal is parallel in purpose with art, poetry, and prose guiding the way along a sometimes rocky spiritual path. May these words and images inspire authentic, loving lives with integrity,service, and joy. ... Read more