{"id":859,"date":"2016-01-30T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=859"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:09:39","slug":"church-of-the-redeemer-new-haven-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/church-of-the-redeemer-new-haven-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Redeemer UCC, New Haven, Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_859' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_859=new _2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_859');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_859=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_859');\n}\nif  (typeof _2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_859=new _2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_859, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_859=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_859, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/');\n}\npano_0_859.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_859.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_859.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015_06_24_Church_of_the_Redeemer_New_Haven_Ct\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized in 1838, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uccredeemer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Church of the Redeemer, United Church of Christ<\/a> is the fourth congregational church in New Haven. Originally named Chapel Street Congregational Church, it was formed after there was dissent at the Third Congregational Church when a new minister would not accept the \u201cNew Haven Theology\u201d of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathaniel_William_Taylor\" target=\"_blank\">Nathaniel Taylor<\/a> who founded the church. Taylor rejected the idea of determinism in which God alone was responsible for all activities in the universe. He felt this was immoral because it contradicts the notions of freedom and choice, and thought God not immoral. In 1920, the church moved to its present location and its <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Federal style<\/a> main sanctuary was added in 1951\u2014appropriately reflecting Taylor\u2019s ideas. Building upon the philosophical tenets of Nathaniel Taylor, the Church of the Redeemer strives to be an, \u201cinclusive community committed to the worship of God, the work of justice, and the recognition of our common humanity in the struggles of life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad. Organized in 1838, Church of the Redeemer, United Church of Christ is the fourth congregational church in New Haven. Originally named Chapel Street Congregational Church, it was formed after there was dissent at the Third Congregational Church when a new minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[4,8,30],"class_list":{"0":"post-859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-connecticut","7":"tag-church","8":"tag-congregational","9":"tag-federal-style","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/2190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}