Universalist Theology

It's been some 43 years since the Unitarians and the Universalists merged. From my knowledge of the new UU church, it seems to me that Unitarianism has continued to develop theologically. But, Universalism seems to have stopped back with the merger. Now, I could be wrong, but that's how it looks to me.

At the time of the merger Universalism was considered by many Christians as outside of the Christian family. It was humanistic to the extent that many Unitarians looked on it as a sister church. So, what would have happened to Universalist theology if the merger had not happened? I've heard of course that Universalism would have died without the merger, but let's pretend that it didn't die and didn't merge. What would it look like today?

I would like to think that it would be something different than what we see in the merged denomination, but it might have been no different than it is now. I've heard it said that Universalists in the UU are the conservatives of the church. But, what would that mean today? Would it mean theism, non-theism, atheism? Perhaps it would be something like the non-theism of Buddhists with a heavy dose of religious humanism.

I would like to know an answer to my what if question. If anyone has any ideas, send me an email. Address is talkback@presbyopicmyopia.tk.
- posted by Marcos @ 7:51 PM