It’s hard to take in a bunch of names and dates so I’m going to talk about themes instead, or in this case the five strands of Unitarian Universalism. Although one or more of them have been dominant in certain periods, all are still present in our liberal religious DNA. 

Rev. Dr. Barry Andrews is Minister Emeritus of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock on Long Island. He and his wife, Linda, now live on Bainbridge Island. He is the author of several books on Transcendentalism and Transcendentalist authors, most recently, The Gospel According to This Moment: The Spiritual Message of Henry David Thoreau, published by the University of Massachusetts Press.