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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History
1957 - Arthur Powell Davies died at age 55. Three sitting Supreme Court justices attended his memorial service. An Englishman, Davies was educated for Methodist ministry but converted to Unitarianism in 1932. He served in New Jersey before settling at All Souls Church (Unitarian) in Washington, D.C., in 1944. Davies worked with Unitarian Advance, organizing offspring congregations in Washington’s suburbs, and co-founded Americans for Democratic Action, which opposed McCarthyism. Read more about Arthur Powell Davies.
Reprinted with the permission of Skinner House Books. This Day in Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman is available at (800) 215-9076 or www.uua.org/bookstore.
Unitarian Universalist Congregations and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
This eight minute video highlights the experiences of Unitarian and Universalist congregations during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. Please share with attribution as you like--personally, or as a resource for congregational use in worship, education program, or otherwise ...
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Reading the Gospels with Bernard Loomer: The Origin of the Interdependent Web
Most Unitarian Universalists are likely aware of the principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association that calls for the affirmation of “the Interdependent Web of Existence, of which we are all a part.” But how many are aware of the the ...
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