Unitarian
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Unitarian can refer to:
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Religion
- A believer in the theology known as UnitarianismUnitarianismUnitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
- The religious movement whose congregations in Britain, generally referred to simply as "Unitarian", belong to the umbrella organisation of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian ChurchesGeneral Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian ChurchesThe General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is the umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other liberal religious congregations in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1928, with denominational roots going back to the Great Ejection of 1662...
- Unitarian UniversalismUnitarian UniversalismUnitarian Universalism is a religion characterized by support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a...
, a liberal faith based on principles rather than doctrines, which is centered primarily in North America and characterized by its support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning" - Biblical UnitarianismBiblical UnitarianismToday, biblical Unitarianism identifies the Christian belief that the Bible teaches God is a singular person—the Father—and that Jesus his son is a distinct being...
, a conservative nontrinitarian movement outside the Unitarian Church - The English translation of the Arabic term muwahiddun (monotheists), which is one of the terms of self-designation used by followers of some of the Islamic schools of belief, e.g. Wahhabism.
Politics
- Unitarian state, a political system where a country is governed as one single unit
- A member of the Unitarian PartyUnitarian PartyUnitarianists or Unitarians were the proponents of the concept of a Unitary state in Buenos Aires during the civil wars which shortly followed the Declaration of Independence of Argentina in 1816. They were opposed to the Argentine Federalists, who wanted a federation of independent provinces...
of Argentine history
Classics
- A scholar who holds that the works of Homer were composed by a single individual (see Unitarianism (Homer))