John H. Dietrich

John Hassler Dietrich (1878–1957) was a Unitarian minister, born at Chambersburg, Pa., who advocated Religious Humanism. He was educated at Franklin and Marshall College and at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pa. He was ordained in the ministry of the Reformed Church in 1905, but before this he held various various positions such as private secretary and manager of Life's Fresh Air Fund. From 1905 to 1916, he held various pastorates, becoming in the latter year pastor of the First Unitarian Society in Minneapolis. He was the author of:

• The Gain for Religion in Modern Thought (1908)
• The Religion of a Sceptic (1911)
• Substitutes for the Old Beliefs (1914)
• From Stardust to Soul (1916)
• The Religion of Evolution (1917)
• The Religion of Humanity (1919)

He is considered by some to be the "Father of Religious Humanism" (Olds 1996).

See also

• Religious humanism
• Humanist Manifesto I
• Unitarian Universalism
• Heresy in the 20th Century

External links

• John H. Dietrich: Religion Without God?
• HUUmanists
• The Founding of the Humanist Church and the History of Religious Humanism

References

• Olds, Mason (1996). "Chapter 4: John H. Dietrich: The Father of Religious Humanism". American Religious Humanism (Revised Edition ed.). Fellowship of Religious Humanists. p. 53. 

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.