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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History
1928 - Lewis Howard Latimer, a Unitarian African-American inventor and engineer, died at age 80. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, he was one of the founding members of the First Unitarian Church of Flushing, New York. He was the only African-American member of the Edison Pioneers, Thomas Edison’s engineering division of the Edison Company. Latimer prepared the mechanical drawings for Alexander Graham Bell’s patent application for the telephone. He also authored important inventions in electrical lighting. Read more about Lewis Howard Latimer.
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.
The Humiliati: Reinventing Universalism, 1946-1954
In the mid 1940’s, a young group of seminary graduates from the Crane School of Theology at Tufts University had a vision. Concerned that Universalism was outdated and in fatal decline, this small group of ministers at the beginning of ...
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Congregational Polity 101
Harvard Square is glad to present this brief yet comprehensive guide to the essential components of congregational polity, in six basic principles and in four primary source voices. If you would like a more detailed treatment of the topic, you ...
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