Rev John Hassler Dietrich

V 15 the Life and Teachings of the Father of Modern Humanism. Rev John Hassler Dietrich

Rev. John H. Dietrich lived from 1878 to 1957. From 1916 to 1938 he was the minister at the First Unitarian Society in Minneapolis, Minn. He had 3 churches ending at the one above. He increased all of the Churches from under a hundred members to over 1000 members. Several thousand attended. He wrote about 1500 one hour sermons. He moved from Orthodox Christian to Unitarian Christian to Humanist and was the most prolific author of the values of Humanist thought. Editor Rev. Douglas K. Peary moved from Fundamentalist Christian to Unitarian non Theist Minister and then Humanist Celebrant (Minister). Peary was so impressed by Dietrich that he decided to Edit Dietrich's writings for the advancement of Dietrich's timeless Humanist thought in the World for the next 100 years. 2016 is 100 years since Dietrich became Minister in Minneapolis.