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Title: Unitarianism

Author: W.G. Tarrant

Release Date: February 18, 2004 [EBook #11142]

Language: English

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UNITARIANISM

W.G. TARRANT

LONDON

1912

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Some Terms explained

THE EARLIER MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND:

i. The Unitarian Martyrs
ii. Influences Making for 'Latitude'
iii. The Old Nonconformists
iv. The 'Unitarian Tracts'
v. The Old Dissent

NEW ENGLAND:

i. Before the 'Great Awakening'
ii. The Liberal Reaction

ENGLISH UNITARIANISM RECOGNIZED BY LAW

QUESTIONS OF INHERITANCE

MODERN UNITARIANISM:

i. The Communities
ii. Ideas and Tendencies
iii. Methods and Teachings

UNITARIANS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS LIBERALS

INTRODUCTION

In certain quiet nooks of Old England, and, by contrast, in some of the
busiest centres of New England, landmarks of religious history are to be
found which are not to be easily understood by every passer-by. He is
familiar with the ordinary places of worship, at least as features in,
the picture of town or village. Here is the parish church where the
English episcopal order has succeeded to the Roman; yonder is the more
modern dissenting chapel, homely or ornate. But, now and then, among the
non-episcopal buildings we find what is called distinctively a 'Meeting
House,' or more briefly a 'Meeting,' which may perhaps be styled 'Old,'
'New,' or 'Great'. Its architecture usually corresponds with the
simplicity of its name. Plain almost to ugliness, yet not without some
degree of severe dignity, stand these old barn-like structures of
brick--occasionally of stone; bearing the mellowing touch of time,
surrounded by a little overshadowed graveyard, they often add a peculiar
quaintness and solemnity to the scene. Mrs. Gaskell has described one
such in her novel _Ruth_, and admirers of her art should know well that
her own grave lies beside the little sanctuary she pictured so lovingly.

Sometimes, however, the surr