Universalist Church of America

Universalism originated from the unification of two different religions in 1961 while Buddhism was founded by a single person named Siddhartha Gautama in the year 525 B.C.E. (“Unitarian Universalist”;“Buddhism” 2016). Additionally the basis for Unitarian Universalism in America stems from the establishment of the first Unitarian church located in Philadelphia, founded by Joseph Priestly in 1796 and the first Universalist church founded by John Murray in Massachusetts in 1779 (“Unitarian Universalist”). On the other hand Buddhism spread to America during the 19th century after an Indian emperor named Asoka declared Buddhism the religion of India causing it to spread throughout many other Asian countries and later to America through the immigration of Asians in society (“Buddhism” 2004). History as a rule is extraordinarily unique because no two situations can ever be exactly alike, nevertheless it is possible to find similarities between the two scenarios being compared. For instance, one similarity between Universalism and Buddhism is that they both originated in countries whose names have since been altered specifically Transylvania now known as Romania, where Unitarianism originated and Northern India the initial location of Buddhism, which is presently known as Nepal (“Unitarian Universalist” ;“Buddhism” 2004). Ultimately the history of Unitarian Universalism and Buddhism is quite diverse with significantly fewer similarities than…

With the lack of any official dogma or creed, Unitarian Universalists were encouraged to find out what the truth was to them, and as long as it did not disrespect anyone else, they were not turned away (Larson). This allows for a wide spectrum of beliefs in the church. However, many of the believers’ views tend to be more liberal (Religion Facts). For example, there are many beliefs about God including theism, atheism, or agnosticism. Most tend to not believe in God, but as a whole they believe…

Massachusetts’ Magazine. The essay argues about the education and employment opportunity for women in society. The Gleaner, a three-volume set collection of Murray of essays, poems, and plays was released in 1798. In The Gleaner Murray insisted free women to have a mindset of businesspeople. Murray’s vision was to “venues for social bonds and charitable impulses as well as rational calculation appropriate to men and to women” (Hartigan-O 'Connor, 4). In her essays, Murray discusses numerous…

The last section of chapter discusses Edinburgh and Lausanne’s’ relationship to convergence. Chapter five focuses on the convergence beyond the Lausanne movement. The chapter starts of discussing the theological convergence’s impact “on the broader evangelical and ecumenical world focusing on theological assumptions (162)” and “missiological methods that emerged from the Lausanne movement” (Pruitt 167). Pruitt discusses the International Mission Board (IMB) and its relationship with Lausanne,…

chaos. From my limited exposure my consulting client, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Milwaukee (ELCA), is suffering from some of the chaos of not enough oversight and systematic guidelines. Edward Schein, an organizational development expert who taught at MIT, defined an organization’s culture as its “artifacts, espoused beliefs and values, and basic underlying assumptions.” Aubrey Malphurs adapted this definition for the purpose of understanding church culture and said that…

obvious that He was the one who was building me back up. Little did I know that God can use anybody and everybody for his glory, no matter what their story is like. I grew up on a dairy farm outside of Chambers, Nebraska. Partially because I held the stigma of the over-achieving oldest child and partially because I attended an extremely small public school, I felt a personal pressure to excel in as many extra-curricular activities as possible. A traditionally rural and conservative atmosphere…

Unitarianism According to Wikipedia and (D. Robinson, The Unitarians and the Universalists, Greenwood Press, 1985, pp.3, 17) Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, namely God the Holy Father, which exists separately from Jesus being God the Holy Son. Unitarianism is also known for rejecting of several Orthodox doctrines besides the Trinity, which includes the soteriological doctrines of the original sin and predestination. The origin…

right, to bring it back to its pure origins. Their name is derived from them wanting to purify the church. The Puritans have been persecuted for accusing their King of failing to cleanse the Church of Catholic rituals, and were hounded as radicals for their forbear of the Protestant reform. The origins of Puritanism are to be found in the early stages of the English Reformation. The name “Puritans” was a term of disrespect allocated to the movement by its opponents. Although the nickname first…

much like one feels when he is running short of oxygen. Everything went black. I felt untold terror! It was a horrible feeling of being completely abandoned. I knew at that point I had tasted the first level of Hell.” In cults and recent church history, however the very existence of Hell is questioned, notwithstanding, Hell as a place of eternal punishment is also questioned. There are three major views of Hell, the classical view, which states Hell is a real place where the eternal punishment…

United States? All Loose-Fish” (Moby-Dick 310). This is not to say that Melville anticipated a colonizing of Mexico by the United States, but he does point out that America would influence Mexico in some way—either culturally or militarily. Admittedly, there are some who take this reading to be a purely colonialist one, such as Edward Said. Indeed, Said views most of the text and its symbolism to be a pointed commentary towards American colonial ambitions. He states, “Captain Ahab is an…