

James Luther Adams
pp. 43-54
in: Christopher D. Rodkey, Jordan E. Miller (eds), The Palgrave handbook of radical theology, Berlin, Springer, 2018Abstract
James Luther Adams is a theologian, social ethicist, Unitarian Universalist pastor who is best known as an important interpreter and translator of Paul Tillich's ideas, and as a teacher of social ethics who accented the essential role of voluntary associations in the creation and maintenance of democratic societies. This chapter presents Adams's ideas and introduces key works for further study.