Unitarier - Religionsgemeinschaft freien Glaubens
Rheinhessen | |
Type | religious organization |
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Location | |
Official language | German |
Affiliations | International Council of Unitarians and Universalists |
Website | www.unitarier.de |
Unitarier - Religionsgemeinschaft freien Glaubens ("Unitarians - Religious Community of Free Faith") is a
The Unitarier are a liberal, non-Christian religious community that has been described as both pantheistic and humanistic.[1] They do not have any dogmas, but the community has a set of non-binding basic principles (Grundgedanken) that the members have agreed upon.[2]
History
The organization was founded in 1876 in
By 1977, the group was led by Friedrich Ehrlicher who was a former nazi. In 1989, an extremely rightist group led by Sigrid Hunke left and founded "Bund Deutscher Unitarier, Religionsgemeinschaft europäischen Geistes". In a declaration from 2011, the organization expressed regret for the fact that it took until the late 1980s to separate itself from the rightists, and declared that there is no place in the organization for "antidemocratic, extremist or neofascist ideologies".[3]
Theology
Most members have either pantheistic or atheistic views.[4] The community is open to members irrespective of their theological views, and supports religious pluralism.
Organization
Congregations are lay-led. It is the only Unitarian group in Germany to belong to the ICUU.
Bibliography
Gunde Hartmann,Ed. (2000) "Was glauben Sie eigentlich?" Hamburg/Ravensberg: Verlag Deutsche Unitarier
References
- ^ Wolfgang Seibert: Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft. 1989, p. 17 ff.
- ^ Basic principles of the Unitarier
- ^ "Kasseler Erklärung". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
- ^ "- Zwischen Pantheismus und Atheismus".