{"id":10487,"date":"2012-12-04T05:24:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T09:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=10487"},"modified":"2012-12-02T00:24:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T04:24:30","slug":"unitarian-universalism-and-diversity-of-belief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2012\/12\/unitarian-universalism-and-diversity-of-belief.html","title":{"rendered":"Unitarian Universalism and Diversity of Belief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Unitarian Universalist church is not united by a statement of faith, but rather by a set of progressive social values. Because of that, UUs are all over the map when it comes to beliefs about God. There are pagan UUs, Catholic UUs, atheist UUs, agnostic UUs, Hindu UUs, deist UUs, and even Muslim UUs. The result is that any given UU church brings together people from a variety of religious traditions and with a variety of current beliefs regarding religion, uniting them on the basis of shared values like equality, social justice, and care for the environment.<\/p>\n

The official website<\/a> for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations describes Unitarian Universalism as \u201ca religion that celebrates\u00a0diversity of belief<\/a>\u00a0and is guided by\u00a0seven principles<\/a>.\u201d What are these seven principles? Let\u2019s look:<\/p>\n