Papers of James Luther Adams, 1981-1986

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Papers of James Luther Adams, 1981-1986

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This collection consists of copies of transcriptions of roughly twenty-one tapes which contain interviews with Adams which reflect his thoughts and observations on several events that occurred during his life. These events include his experiences of Vatican II, his interactions with Paul Tillich and other theologians, and his time in Nazi Germany. The collection also includes various lectures delivered by Adams. Much of this material was used in Adams' autobiography entitled "Not Without Dust and Heat: A Memoir" which was published in 1995.

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Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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Adams, James Luther, 1901-1994

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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 Theol...