Editing Unitarianism (section)

=== Other beliefs ===
Although there is no specific authority on convictions of Unitarian belief aside from rejection of the Trinity, the following beliefs are generally accepted:<ref>{{citation |last=May |first=Samuel Joseph |title=What Do Unitarians Believe? |year=1867 |place=Albany |publisher=Weed, Parsons, and Co. |orig-year=1860 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044081810715 |hdl-access=free}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | first = AC | last = Henderson | title = What Do Unitarians Believe? | year = 1886}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Dewey |first=Orville |title=The Unitarian Belief |year=1873 |place=Boston}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | first = James Freeman | last = Clarke | title = Manual of Unitarian Belief | orig-year = 1885 | edition = 20th | year = 1924}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Ellis |first=George H |title=What Do Unitarians Believe About Jesus Christ? |year=1890 |place=Boston}}.</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Sunderland |first=Jabez T |title=What Do Unitarians Believe? |year=1891 |place=New York |publisher=AUA |author-link=Jabez T. Sunderland}}.</ref>
* One God and the oneness or unity of God.
* The life and teachings of Jesus constitute the exemplary model for living one's own life.
* Reason, rational thought, science, and philosophy coexist with faith in God.
* Humans have the ability to exercise [[free will]] in a responsible, constructive and ethical manner with the assistance of religion.
* [[Human nature]] in its present condition is neither inherently corrupt nor depraved (see [[original sin]]) but capable of both good and evil, as God intended.
* No religion can claim an absolute monopoly on the Holy Spirit or [[theological]] truth.
* Though God inspired the authors of the Bible, they were humans and, therefore, subject to human error.
* The traditional [[doctrines]] of [[predestination]], [[Hell in Christianity|Hell]], and the [[Substitutionary atonement|vicarious sacrifice]] and [[Satisfaction theory of atonement|satisfaction]] theories of the [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]] are invalid because they malign God's character and veil the true nature and mission of Jesus.<ref>{{cite journal|year=1858|title=The Unitarian Denomination|journal=The Quarterly Journal of the American Unitarian Association|volume=5|publisher=[[American Unitarian Association]]|location=Boston|page=168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zPgQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22unitarian+theory+of+atonement%22&pg=PA168|access-date=2020-11-22|archive-date=2023-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928230522/https://books.google.com/books?id=zPgQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22unitarian+theory+of+atonement%22&pg=PA168#v=snippet&q=%22unitarian%20theory%20of%20atonement%22&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1938, ''The Christian Leader'' attributed "''the'' religion ''of'' Jesus, not ''a'' religion ''about'' Jesus" to Unitarians,<ref>{{citation |author=An esteemed Unitarian minister |title=The Christian Leader |volume=120 |page=1034 |year=1938 |chapter=2 |quote=This view finds pat expression in the dictum that Christianity is the religion of Jesus, not a religion about Jesus.}}</ref> though the phrase was used earlier by [[Congregationalist]] [[Rollin Lynde Hartt]] in 1924.<ref>{{citation |last=Hartt |first=Rollin Lynde |title=The Man Himself |year=1924}}.</ref>