The Larger Message

The Universalists' struggles and scholarship to remain a relevant faith in the face of the dramatic movements at the turn of the 20th century is a moving story of determination and courage. From 1830 to 1930 Universalist efforts in religious education met the cultural challenges of Higher Biblical Criticism, evolutionary theory, the science of geology, and progressive education with original scholarship or their own, and advocacy of the compatibility of religion and science. Internally they moved with the theological changes that shook the foundations of their belief in universal salvation by a loving God. This is one story of their courageous endeavor.