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- Abbreviation
- UUism
- Classification
- Inclusivist Liberal religion (Unitarian, Universalist)
- Founder
- Members of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America via consolidation
- Number of followers
- ≈1.4 million identify with Unitarian Universalism in the U.S.A. (2025); 152,958 members and religious education enrollees (≈9% of American UUs) in the UUA (2024)
- Origin
- May 1961
- Scripture
- officially none
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Overview
- Liberal religious Religious liberalism
- Theological diversity Religious pluralism
- Inclusivity Inclusivism
- Social justice
- Creed
- Radical Radical Reformation
- Protestantism
- Restorationism
- Unitarian Unitarianism
- Christian Universalist Christian universalism
- Agnosticism
- Atheism
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- New Age
- Neopaganism
- Nontheism
- Religious humanism
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Baháʼí Faith
- Intellectual freedom Freethought
- World religions
- Sacred texts
- John A. Buehrens
- Forrest Church
- Unitarian Universalist Association
History
- Based in the United States History of Christianity in the United States
- Pilgrim Fathers
- Bible
- Trinitarian Trinitarianism
- Original sin
- Calvinism
- Congregationalists
- Universalists
- Elect Election in Christianity
- Universal salvation
- Apocatastasis
- Elhanan Winchester
- Hosea Ballou
- John Murray John Murray (minister)
- Purgatory
- Damnation
- God God in Christianity
- Redeem Salvation
- Michael Servetus
- Geneva
- Henry Hedworth
- Laelio Sozzini
- Socinians
- Transylvania
- Poland
- Diets Diet (assembly)
- Edict of Torda
- John Sigismund John Sigismund Zápolya
- Pre-existence of Christ
- Predestination
Beliefs and practices
- Non-creedal
- Cultural appropriation
- Sofía Betancourt
- Universalism
- God
- Theistically oriented Theism
- Monotheism
- Polytheism
- Humanist Manifesto I
- Humanist Manifestos II Humanist Manifesto II
- III Humanist Manifesto III
- Naturalism Religious naturalism
- Covenantal Covenant (religion)
- Cambridge Platform
- Congregational churches
- Economic Economic justice
- Environmental justice
- Abolitionism
- Women's suffrage
- Pacifism
- Temperance Temperance movement
- Prison reform
- Racial justice
- Black Lives Matter
- LGBTQ movements
- Feminism
- Women's rights
- Immigration justice Immigration law
- Reproductive rights
- Climate justice
Worship and practices
- Seder Passover Seder
- Yom Kippur
- Iftaar
- Winter Solstice
- Hindu
- Reform Reform Judaism
- Orthodox Orthodox Judaism
- Catholic Catholic Church
- First Unitarian Church First Unitarian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Unity Temple
- Elevator speeches Elevator pitch
Worship and ritual
- Worship
- Ritual
- Flaming chalice
- Disciples of Christ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Second World War World War II
- Hans Deutsch
- Jan Hus
- Off-center cross within a circle Christian cross variants
- Dove
- Hymn tunes Hymn tune
- Light a candle Ceremonial use of lights
- Meditation
- Prayer
- Baptism
- Communion Eucharist
- Confirmation
- Federated churches Federated congregation
- Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
- Water Communion
- Flower Communion
- Coming of Age Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism)
Politics
- Abolitionism Abolitionism in the United States
- Women's movement
- Temperance movement Temperance movement in the United States
- Social reform
- Second women's rights convention Rochester Women's Rights Convention of 1848
- First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York First Unitarian Church of Rochester
- Presidents of the United States President of the United States
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- Millard Fillmore
- William Howard Taft
- Civil rights movement
- LGBT rights movement LGBT social movements
- Feminist movement
- Susan B. Anthony
- Quaker
- Suffrage
- Christian socialists Christian socialism
- Unitarian Christian Unitarianism
- John Haynes Holmes
- Universalist Christian Universalism
- Sarah Bagley
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- American Civil Liberties Union
- James J. Reeb
- All Souls Church All Souls Church, Unitarian (Washington, D.C.)
- District of Columbia Washington, D.C.
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Selma Selma, Alabama
- Alabama
Controversies
Organizations
- Khasi Unitarian Union
- Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association
- Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
- Canadian Unitarian Universalist Women's Association
- Promise the Children
- Young Religious Unitarian Universalists
- Liberal Religious Youth
- Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship
- Church of the Larger Fellowship
- Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
- Pagans Pagan
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
- Nonsectarian
- European Unitarian Universalists
- Unitarisk Kirkesamfund
- Unitarier - Religionsgemeinschaft freien Glaubens Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft
- Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Unitarian Universalism | Abbreviation | UUism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Classification | Inclusivist Liberal religion (Unitarian, Universalist) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Founder | Members of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America via consolidation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Number of followers | ≈1.4 million identify with Unitarian Universalism in the U.S.A. (2025); 152,958 members and religious education enrollees (≈9% of American UUs) in the UUA (2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Origin | May 1961 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Scripture | officially none | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | Theology | Egalitarian (including Liberal Christian, Liberal Pluralist, Liberationist, Omnist, and Syncretic) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Unitarian Universalism | is a | religion marked by freedom | 0.90 | text |
| Unitarian Universalism | is a | flaming chalice | 0.90 | text |
| Elhanan Winchester | instance of | Early American advocates of universal salvation | 0.80 | text |
| Hosea Ballou | instance of | Early American advocates of universal salvation | 0.80 | text |
| John Murray taught that all souls would achieve salvation | instance of | Early American advocates of universal salvation | 0.80 | text |
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