... in this country. Roots of Unitarianism go back to 16th century Transylvania.

In colonial America, the Unitarians left the increasingly stogy and dogmatic Congregational (New England) Protestant churches (the Pilgrims) during the late 18th century and early 19th century.

Though you could go into some UU churches today and easily mistake them to be "Christian"

One bedrock holdover, though, is that most, if not all, are "progressive"





UU timeline:
http://www.ejwebdesign.com/samples/uuhisto...

UCC "firsts":
http://www.ucc.org/god-is-still-speaking/f...