In a religious tradition with no creed and no hierarchy, it is sometimes hard to see what it is that binds Unitarians together. In The Unitarian Way, Phillip Hewett sets out to discover the common elements that characterize Unitarianism, from its historical roots in the Renaissance to its varied expressions in the world today. In twelve wide-ranging chapters, he explores the characteristic Unitarian blend of faith and doubt, reason and intuition, commitment and open mindedness, individuality and community. He concludes that Unitarians, "like a family, or the crew of a ship, or a geological survey team," are, united by participation in a common enterprise rather than by a set of shared beliefs.
