A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Volume One: From the Beginning to 1899

Dan McKanan

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2017 - History - 520 pages

 A panel of top scholars presents the first comprehensive collection of primary sources from Unitarian Universalist history. This critical resource covers the long histories of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism in the United States and around the world, and offers a wealth of sources from the first fifty-five years of the Unitarian Universalist Association. From Arius and Origen to Peter Morales and Rebecca Parker, this two-volume anthology features leaders, thinkers, and ordinary participants in the ever-changing tradition of liberal religion. Each volume contains more than a hundred distinct selections, with scholarly introductions by leading experts in Unitarian Universalist history. The selections include sermons, theologies, denominational statements, hymns, autobiographies, and manifestos, with special attention to class, cultural, gender, and sexual diversity. Primary sources are the building blocks of history, and A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism presents the sources we need for understanding this denomination’s past and for shaping its future.

Contents

• origen On First Principles ca 225: 1
• arius Thalia ca 325360: 5
• michael servetus On the Errors of the Trinity 1531: 8
• celio secondo curione On the Great Extent of Gods Blessed Kingdom 1554: 16
• matteo gribaldi Apology for Michael Servetus 1554: 17
• laelius socinus lelio sozzini A Brief Exposition of the First Chapter of John ca 1561: 19
• francis david The Edict of Torda 1568: 21
• francis david Propositions of the Nagyvarad Debate 1569: 22
• robert browne A Book Which Showeth the Life and Manners of All True Christians 1582: 24
• faustus socinus fausto sozzini Racovian Catechism 1605: 31
• The Salem Covenant 1629 and The Enlarged Covenant 1636: 39
• The Cambridge Platform 1648: 42
• gerrard winstanley The Mystery of God Concerning the whole: 51
• Creation Mankind 1648: 53
• john locke A Letter Concerning Toleration 1689: 54
• jane leade The Enochian Walks with God 1694 and A Fountain of Gardens 1696: 57
• charles chauncy Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in NewEngland 1743: 59
• jonathan mayhew Men Endowed with Faculties Proper: 65
• jonathan mayhew A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission: 74
• theophilus lindsey The Apology of Theophilus Lindsey M A: 88
• ethan allen Reason the Only Oracle of Man 1784: 101
• philadelphia convention of universalists Articles of Faith: 119
• general association of the universal churches: 134
• william ellery channing A Letter to the Reverend Samuel C: 147
• Thatcher 1815: 149
• john murray Records of the Life of the Rev John Murray 1816: 150
• judith sargent murray Conclusion of Records of the Life of the Rev John Murray 1816: 160
• william ellery channing War 1816: 165
• hannah adams A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious: 168
• Denominations 1817: 169
• hosea ballou and edward turner On Future Misery 18171818: 170
• william ellery channing Unitarian Christianity 1819: 178
• massachusetts supreme court Baker et al v Fales The Dedham Decision 1820: 189
• david reed To the Public 1821: 191
• thomas jefferson Letter to James Smith 1822: 193
• catharine sedgwick A NewEngland Tale Or Sketches: 195
• NewEngland Character and Manners 1822: 197
• american unitarian association First Annual Report: 198
• the Executive Committee 1826: 202
• joseph tuckerman A Letter on the Principles of the Missionary Enterprise and Semiannual Reports 1826 1831 1832: 203
• caleb rich Narrative of Elder Caleb Rich 1827: 206
• william ellery channing Likeness to God 1828: 214
• dorcas cleveland A Dialogue on Some of the Causes of Infidelity 1828: 217
• Trust Deed of Adi Brahmo Samaj 1830: 222
• henry ware jr On the Formation of the Christian Character 1831: 224
• adin ballou Epistle General to Restorationists 1831: 238
• hosea ballou Authors Preface to the Fifth Edition of A Treatise: 239
• on Atonement 1832: 240
• ralph waldo emerson The Lords Supper 1832: 241
• lydia maria child An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans: 244
• eliza lee cabot follen Remember the Slave 1834: 249
• abner kneeland Speech Delivered before the Supreme Court: 251
• of the City of Boston 1834: 254
• elizabeth palmer peabody Record of a School 1835: 255
• ralph waldo emerson Nature 1836: 259
• adin ballou A Discourse on the Subject of American Slavery 1837: 262
• ralph waldo emerson Divinity School Address 1838: 267
• henry ware jr The Personality of the Deity 1838: 274
• andrews norton The Latest Form of Infidelity 1839: 280
• james martineau Christianity Without Priest and Without Ritual 1839: 283
• adin ballou Standard of Practical Christianity 1839: 287
• A Magazine for Literature Philosophy and Religion 1840: 292
• orestes brownson The Laboring Classes 1840: 294
• thomas whittemore The Plain Guide to Universalism 1840: 298
• ralph waldo emerson SelfReliance 1841: 301
• theodore parker The Transient and Permanent in Christianity 1841: 306
• margaret fuller The Great Lawsuit Man versus Men Woman versus Women 1843: 314
• stephen r smith Historical Sketches and Incidents 1843: 321
• Constitution of the Brook Farm Association for Industry: 325
• Education 1844: 327
• james freeman clarke The Principles and Methods of: 328
• Church of the Disciples 1845: 332
• Rev T Parker and His Friends 1845: 333
• henry david thoreau Civil Disobedience 1848: 334
• antoinette brown and lucy stone Correspondence 1849: 337
• edmund hamilton sears It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 1849: 339
• nathaniel stacy Memoirs 1850: 341
• theodore parker Speech at the Ministerial Conference 1851: 344
• thomas starr king Substance and Show 1851: 347
• john murray spear Messages from the Superior State 1852: 349
• frederic henry hedge Beneath Thine Hammer Lord I Lie 1853: 353
• ezra stiles gannett Relation of the North to Slavery 1854: 355
• john cordner The Foundations of Nationality 1856: 359
• theodore parker A False and True Revival of Religion 1858: 367
• thomas wentworth higginson Saints and Their Bodies 1858: 368
• theodore parker Theodore Parkers Experience as a Minister 1859: 372
• henry whitney bellows The Suspense of Faith 1859: 375
• henry david thoreau A Plea for Captain John Brown 1859: 384
• frederic henry hedge The Broad Church 1860: 386
• thomas starr king Sermon on Yosemite 1860 and Lessons from the Sierra Nevada 1863: 389
• Report of the Convention of Unitarian Churches Held in New York 1865: 392
• frances ellen watkins harper We Are All Bound: 397
• Together 1866: 399
• francis william newman Why Do I Not Call Myself: 400
• Christian? 1867: 401
• What Is the Aim of the Woman Movement? 1870: 402
• julia ward howe Mothers Day Proclamation 1870: 404
• francis ellingwood abbot Fifty Affirmations of Free: 406
• Religion 1870: 408
• thomas wentworth higginson The Sympathy of Religions 1870: 409
• hannah tobey farmer Hymn 1870: 412
• olympia brown Hand of Fellowship 1870: 414
• phebe hanaford The Question Answered 1871: 417
• louisa may alcott Transcendental Wild Oats 1873: 419
• william james potter What Is Christianity and What Is It: 422
• Called Africans 1833: 495
• Discerning the Difference betwixt Truth and Falsehood 1748: 496
• Be a Christian? 1873: 499
• lucy barns To a friend who could not believe in the final holiness: 500

About the author

 Dan McKanan is the Emerson Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of five books, most recently Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition (Beacon Press, 2011) and Eco-Alchemy: Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy and the Environmental Movement (University of California Press, 2017). A member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford, he lives with his spouse and daughter in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Volume One: From the Beginning to 1899; Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Dan McKanan; A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism: From the Beginning to 1899, Dan McKanan
• Editor: Dan McKanan
• Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2017
• ISBN: 1558967893, 9781558967892
• Length: 520 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Philosophy / Movements / Transcendentalism; Religion / Christianity / Denominations; Religion / Christianity / History; Religion / History; Religion / Unitarian Universalism