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Some sort of deistic civic faith that is less about faith than it is about ritual, philosophy, and social relationships. You're described the Unitarian church.
by bdunbar 14y ago
Some sort of deistic civic faith that is less about faith than it is about ritual, philosophy, and social relationships.
You're described the Unitarian church.
- Apocryphon 14y agoWhat kind of rituals does the UU have?
- bdunbar 14y agoFrom the perspective of a former Epsicopal turning Roman Catholic .. they don't have _any_.
- fecklessyouth 14y agoNot really. Confucianism is ingrained into Chinese society in ways the West can't comprehend. UU is a 19th century offshoot of NE Congregationalism.
- Apocryphon 14y agoOh, I agree. I guess I'm riffing off of superficial similarities. I think some of the Founding Fathers would have tried to create an American civic religion akin to UU, however. (Not necessarily as a conscious decision, but they would have been more comfortable with such a creed in comparison to Puritanism or the sort of revivalism that led to the various Great Awakenings.)