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Learn about Arias, an early heretical figure in Western Christian history, and why he was a theological outsider.Understand contemporary Unitarian Universalism's relationship to historical heretics not as a direct theological link, but as a sympathetic connection based on the value of theological questioning and the principle that "revelation is not sealed".Explore the cultural, political, and intellectual dynamics at several points in history when our forebears were considered theological outsiders, or heretics.Demonstrate that a theme of heretical thought and action in our faith history recurs in and helps define Unitarian Universalism.Examine the meaning of heresy in relation to orthodoxy.Make preparations to accommodate individuals who may be in the group. Finally, participants consider whether contemporary Unitarian Universalism embraces some "orthodoxies" in theology, in values, or in culture.īefore leading this workshop, review the Accessibility Guidelines for Workshop Presenters in the program Introduction. Participants learn about times when tension between ideas or groups led one idea to be declared "heresy" in relation to mainstream or orthodox thinking or practices. This workshop introduces the terms "orthodoxy" and "heresy" and explores how, throughout history, many of our forebears' have defined their faith in reaction to prevailing powers and dominant ways of thinking. Edwin Markham, American poet (1852-1940)









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