For the religious organisation founded in 1959 by Reverend Kirby J. Hensley, see Universal Life Church. For the insurance product known as “universal life,” see Universal life insurance. For the insurance company, see Universal Life (Cyprus). Universal Life (German: Universelles Leben, unofficially abbreviated “UL”) is the name of a controversial new religious movement based in Würzburg, Germany, which is described by members as a part of the new revelation movement, and by critics as a cult.
