Unitarianism


Unitarianism (from Latin unitas "unity, oneness"") is a nontrinitarian Christian theological movement that believes that the God in Christianity is one singular entity, as opposed to a Trinity.  Most other branches of Christianity define God as one being in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Unitarian Christians believe that Jesus was inspired by God in his moral teachings, and he is a savior, but he was not a deity or God incarnate.

Unitarianism is also known for the rejection of several other Nicene Christian doctrines, including the doctrines of original sin, predestination, and the infallibility of the Bible.

Notable Unitarians include:
Classical composers: Edvard Grieg, Béla Bartok
Theology & Ministry: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, Yveon Seon, Thomas Lamb Eliot
Science: Oliver Heaviside, Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley, John Archibald Wheeler, Linus Pauling, Sir Isaac Newton, inventor Sir Francis Ronalds
Mathematics: George Boole
Civil Government: Susan B. Anthony
Humanitarianism & Social Justice: Mary Wollstonecraft, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Whitney Young of the National Urban League, Florence Nightingale
Literature: John Bowring, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Gaskell
Arts & Letters: Julia Ward Howe
Arts: Frank Lloyd Wright
Industry: Josiah Wedgwood, Richard Peacock, Samuel Carter
Ministry & Politics: Thomas Starr King
Education: Charles William Eliot