John H. Dietrich

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John H. Dietrich was an influential American Unitarian minister and early 20th-century leader in religious humanism, known for helping to shape modern humanist thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American religious leader
Unitarian minister
human
religious humanist
advocated ethical living without supernaturalism
naturalistic understanding of religion
centuryOfActivity 20th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
emphasis ethics over dogma
human welfare and social progress
reason over revelation
familyName Dietrich NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork humanist ethics
liberal religion
sermonic literature
givenName John NERFINISHED
ideology humanism
influenced 20th-century humanist theology
modern Unitarian Universalism
influencedBy Enlightenment rationalism
liberal Protestantism
modern humanist philosophy
knownAs early leader in American humanism
pioneer of religious humanism
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement religious humanism
notableFor development of Unitarian humanism
influence on modern humanist thought
leadership in religious humanism
occupation clergyman
minister
philosophicalSchool religious humanism
placeOfActivity United States of America
religion Unitarianism
roleInMovement formulator of religious humanist principles
shaper of modern humanist thought
theologicalView human-centered ethics
non-theistic religion
viewOnEthics ethics grounded in human experience and reason
viewOnGod non-theistic or naturalistic concept of divinity
viewOnReligion religion as a human, not supernatural, enterprise

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Humanist Manifesto I signatory John H. Dietrich