Word: unitarianism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political activism: Ruhe, 39, was twice arrested for civil rights protests in the 1960s, while Geissler, 37, spent almost a year in federal prison for refusing to be drafted during the Viet Nam War. Both had been publicists for the little-known Bahá'i faith, a Unitarian religion, founded 120 years ago in what is now Iraq, that claims 3 million followers. Furthermore, the two Nashville businessmen admittedly had little wealth, but refused to discuss the financing of their purchase of U.P.I. Insisted Ruhe at the time: "No one is behind us." As an unintended admission of unpopularity...
...really something different," said Carol Gibson, who helped organize a dinner for the riders last night at the First Unitarian Church, a Shaker Heights parish of about 600 families. Despite the unique character of the ride Gibson said, "we have done quite a bit for hunger, and it seems to tie in quite nicely with the work of the church...
...First Unitarian Church and a neighboring parish that contributed to the dinner were contacted about the trip in early June, and have been working on the dinner plans since. But, Gibson cautioned, she did not want to overplay the importance of the church's benevolence...
...your analysis of the Unitarian Universalist Church's attempt to reconsider its principles and purposes [June 27]: our decline in membership since 1975 has been 9%, not 31% as you reported, a figure that parallels the losses in other Protestant denominations...
...Unitarian Universalist Association...