Notes for a revision of Unitarian articles, made at Dr Williams's Library, January 2015. John Hostler. 1981, The Hibbert Trust
p78 At present Unitarianism is still a unique religious movement, distinctive in its freedom, its breadth of outlook, its focus on humanity, an its foundation of individualism. For the person who wants to be told the answers to life's greatest questions it probably has few attractions; but for the person who wants to find them out himself, it undoubtedly has many.
Leonard Smith. The Unitarians: a short history 2006
111: In 1904, the movement took the pioneering step of admitting the Rev. Gertrud von Petzold into its ministry at Narborough Road Free Christian (Unitarian) Church, Leicester, the first woman to be so acknowledged on the roll of any British religious denomination.
Grace Davie. Religion in Britain since 1945: believing without belonging Blackwell 1994
The Geography of Religion in England John D Gay, Duckworth 1971
p 181 Although the religion of only a small group, Unitarianism plead a role out of all proportion to its numbers and occupied a strategic position within civic life. [of the Victorian period]
The great Unitarian families of Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool wielded a tremendous power, and the Unitarian chapel in Birmingham became not just the meeting place for a small sect, but he intellectual and cultural centre for the whole of Birmingham society. 181/2
but often seen as ‘cold and remote’ p 182 it appealed to the educated and prosperous and not the poor.
Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Volume iv: The Twentieth Century in Europe The Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Churches
Kenneth Scott Latourette, Eyre and Spottiswoode 1961
Chapter: ‘Protestantism in the British Isles’
The two great figures of UK Unitarianism were Joseph Estlin Carpenter and Lawrence Pearsall Jacks —
p 455 No Unitarians of similar intellectual and moral stature emerged to take their place. Nor did the other smaller churches produce figures equal to those who were associated with them in the nineteenth century.
The Unitarians: A Short History - Leonard Smith (2006) Europe/ Great Britain/ America
Bibliographic essay. Relies heavily on Earl Morse Wilbur
EMW, president of Pacific Unitarian School for Ministry. Our Unitarian Heritage (1925) - written for 16-17 year olds!
Christianity before Unitarianism Scattered Pioneers of U in Europe Poland Transylvania England America
A History of Unitarianism - magnum opus - two volumes, of which only one can be found today. 1945
The U Movement in the Religious Life in England 1700-1900 H. Mclachlan- no too tedious 1933
The U Contribution to Social Progress in England RV Holt 1938 ***
History of English Christianity 1920-1985 Adrian Hastings 1986 - Unitarianism is mentioned few times in the index, and the longest text is a paragraph about the Manchester Guardian
On Being a Unitarian - Phillip Hewett 1968 - some good quotes, e.g. chapter on functions of a congregation
Unitarianism - John Hostler 1981 - Hibbert Trust - brief chapters on e.g. use of reason