The Cynical Historian

The Rise and Fall of Unitarianism in America (2018x33)

Air date: Oct 05, 2018

Check out Grant's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKjJx2CLyo The Unitarians were once one of, if not the most politically powerful sect in America. Thomas Jefferson had said, “I confidently expect that the present generation will see Unitarianism become the general religion of the United States.” Almost a century later, one Unitarian minister was called “The Preacher Who Saved the Nation.” I thought, how could this weird group that was more concerned with teaching other religions than its own history have come from such an exalted position? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Dorn, Jacob H. “The Social Gospel and Socialism: A Comparison of the Thought of Francis Greenwood Peabody, Washington Gladden, and Walter Rauschenbusch.” Church History 62, No. 1 (March 1993): 82-100. Greenwood, Andrea and Mark W. Harris. An Introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist Traditions. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011. https://amzn.to/2uWsb8J Harris, Mark W. The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism. Lanham, Mar.: The Scarecrow Press, 2003. https://amzn.to/2LA7rO6 Macaulay, John A. “Tree Stump or ‘Treason?’ Unitarians Debate the Role of the Pulpit in the Age of Reform.” Journal of Church and State 57, Is.3 (Summer 2015): 487-506. Sutton, Ian. “Unitarians and the Construction of History and Biography, 1740–1820.” The English Historical Review 125, No. 513 (April, 2010): 314-339. Vaca, Daniel. “‘Great Religions’ as Peacemaker: What Unitarian Infighting Did for Comparative Religion.” History of Religions 53, No. 2 (November 2013): 115-150. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: