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Publication
Boston : Unitarian Universalist Association, 1975.
Description
The story of Unitarianism in America is not one story, but many. Here are Henry Ware, Horace Mann, Margaret Fuller, Henry Bellows, Samuel A. Eliot, Sophia Lyon Fahs, Frederick May Eliot, Dana Greeley, and many others. In this revealing study, prepared for the 150th celebration of the founding of the American Unitarian Association, the stories of five generations of American Unitarians show the reader why this liberal religious tradition has significantly influenced the whole American experience. - Back cover.
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Conrad Wright, who edited this book was a professor of American Church History at Harvard Divinity School. He and four others with similar backgrounds each contributed to this work. From the back cover of the book: "For some one hundred and fifty years, American Unitarians have applied their
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religious philosophy to the problems of their times. This unique group of people have been leaders in the cause of liberty and social reform. Now, five generations of Unitarian history comes together in this revealing study prepared for the 150th celebration of the founding of the American Unitarian Association." Show Less
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Original publication date
1975
Physical description
xiv, 178 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
1558961550 / 9781558961555
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