James Luther Adams
James Luther Adams | |
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 Adams at Harvard in 1956 | |
| Born | November 12, 1901 Ritzville, Washington, US |
| Died | July 26, 1994 (aged 92) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Spouse |
Margaret Ann Young
(m. 1927; died 1978) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Unitarian Universalism |
| Church | Unitarian Universalist Association |
| Ordained | 1927 |
| Academic background | |
Meadville Theological School | |
| Doctoral students | |
| Influenced | |
James Luther Adams (1901–1994), an American professor at
Unitarian Universalists in the 20th century.[2]
Adams was born on November 12, 1901, in
scientific humanism" and then to liberal Christianity.[4]
After graduation from Harvard, Adams served as minister of the Second Church, Unitarian in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1927 to 1934, and the First Unitarian Society in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, from 1934 to 1935. In the mid-1930s, Adams spent considerable time in Germany, where he befriended several notable religious figures (including Karl Barth and Albert Schweitzer) who were active in clandestine resistance to the rise of Nazism.
In 1937, Adams began a long career in academia by joining the faculty of Meadville Theological School (now
Arlington Street Church (UU) in Boston until his death on July 26, 1994. He is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-0-671-21728-0.
- ^ “James Luther Adams”, Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biography, retrieved 30 June 2019
- ^ ISBN 0837902258.
- ^ Stackhouse, Max L. (6 August 2013). "James Luther Adams: Theologian of Power". Harvard Square Library. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
External links
- UUA biography
- James Luther Adams Foundation
- James Luther Adams Papers at Syracuse University Library
- The historical records of James Luther Adams are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Three films made by James Luther Adams on prominent German figures and religious leaders are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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