Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994

James Luther Adams (1901-1994) is considered to be the most influential theologian among Unitarian Universalists in the twentieth century. He was born in Washington and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1924, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1927. He was ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1927 in Salem, Massachusetts and he served the congregation there until 1934. He was also a minister in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts from 1934 to 1935. He taught at the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago from 1936 to 1943. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945 and in 1957 he joined the faculty of the Harvard Divinity School where he was Professor of Christian Ethics.

From the description of Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994. German Church Leaders, Films c. 1930s. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 182061993

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