Chapter One: “Not Hell, But Hope” John Murray and the Rise of Universalism in America, 1770–1793
Chapter Two: “The Doctrine of Atonement Made Rational” A Transition in Theology and Leadership, 1794–1817
Chapter Three: “The Prominent Heresy of Our Times” Hosea Ballou and Universalist Growth, 1818–1845
Chapter Four: “To Begin a Better State of Things” Confronting the Problems of the Times, 1846–1869
Chapter Five: “No Doctrine Not Clearly Taught in the Bible” The Denomination Grows Conservative, 1870–1892
Chapter Six: “Improve the Property or Move Off the Premises” The Struggle Back to Liberalism, 1893–1918
Chapter Seven: “We Do Not Stand, We Move” The Search for a New Identity, 1919–1944
Chapter Eight: “A Circumscribed Universalism Is Unthinkable” A New Identity Emerging, 1945–1960
Chapter Nine: “A Bold, Fresh Enterprise of the Liberal Spirit” Universalism’s Contribution to the Merged Movement, 1961–1993