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Core Values
Religious freedom for each individual is at the heart of our faith. We believe that each person should be free to search for religious meaning and truth according to their own reason and conscience, and based on life’s experience.
This makes Unitarianism difficult to define as it has no standard set of beliefs. However most Unitarians would find a common bond in these shared values:
- The nurture of life’s spiritual dimension
- The use of reason and honest doubt in the search for truth
- Mutual respect and goodwill in personal relations
- Constructive tolerance and openness towards the sincerely-held beliefs of others
- Peace, compassion, justices and democracy in human affairs
- Reverence for the earth and the whole natural system of which we are a part
Core Beliefs
Unitarianism represents an open-minded and individualistic approach to religion that gives scope for a wide range of beliefs and doubts.
It is the Unitarian experience that these values form a more effective foundation for true community than insistence on the uniformity of belief and doctrine. Unitarians affirm that truth and humanity are best served where both the mind and conscience are free. They maintain that no one book, institution or individual has a monopoly on truth.
On our personal life journey we are aided and inspired by:
- the example and spiritual insights of others
- writings deemed ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’ by the various faith-traditions of humanity
- the inherited tradition of critical and philosophical thought
- the ongoing creative works of artists, musicians and writers
- the scientist’s search for knowledge and understanding
In summary, Unitarianism stresses an approach to religion rather than a particular belief system.
Grounds for believing
Although it has its roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions (its name derives originally from a rejection of the idea of the trinity, in favour of the unity of God), it is open to the insights and inspiration provided by all the world’s great religious traditions.
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