Editing Unitarian Universalism (section)

===Symbols===
The most common symbol of Unitarian Universalism is the [[flaming chalice]], often framed by two overlapping rings that many interpret as representing Unitarianism and Universalism (the symbol has no official interpretation). The chalice itself has long been a symbol of liberal religion, and indeed liberal Christianity (the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]] also use a chalice as their denomination symbol<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.disciples.org/AboutTheDisciples/TheChalice/tabid/70/Default.aspx
 |title=The Chalice
 |access-date=2012-01-21
 |publisher=[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112154823/http://www.disciples.org/AboutTheDisciples/TheChalice/tabid/70/Default.aspx
 |archive-date=January 12, 2012
}}</ref>). The flaming chalice was initially the logo of the Unitarian Service Committee during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It was created by Austrian artist [[Hans Deutsch]]. The holy oil burning in it is a symbol of helpfulness and sacrifice.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/chalice.html
| title = The History of the Flaming Chalice
| access-date = 2007-02-24
| author = Adapted from the pamphlet "The Flaming Chalice" by Daniel D. Hotchkiss
| publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]}}</ref>

Nevertheless, other interpretations have been suggested, such as the chalice used by the followers of Czech [[Jan Hus]], which was supposedly reverential of Eastern Orthodox traditions; although Hus's early National Church was intrinsically an evangelical Protestant. In some agnostic historiographies the flaming chalice displayed a vague resemblance to a cross in some stylized representations, relying on the sepulchral traditions of the Hospitallers.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Mark W.|last1=Harris|title=The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism| publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=London}}</ref>  Many Unitarian Universalist congregations light a chalice at the beginning of worship services. Other symbols include an [[Christian cross variants#Modern innovations|off-center cross within a circle]] (a Universalist symbol associated with the Humiliati movement in the 1950s, a group of reformist, liturgically minded clergy seeking to revive Universalism).

Other symbols include a pair of open hands releasing a [[dove]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://archive.uua.org/CONG/chalices/
| title = UU Chalices and Clip Art
| access-date = 2008-04-12
| author = Steve Bridenbaugh
| publisher = [[Unitarian Universalist Association]]
| archive-date = 20 July 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720120835/http://archive.uua.org/CONG/chalices/
}}</ref>