James Luther Adams

James Luther Adams (12 ga Nuwamba, 1901 - 26 ga Yuli, 1994), farfesa ɗan Amurka a Makarantar Divinity ta Harvard, Makarantar Theology ta Andover Newton, da Makarantar Theology ta Meadville Lombard, kuma ministan cocin Unitarian, shi ne masanin tauhidi mafi tasiri a tsakanin masu ra'ayin Unitarian na Amurka a ƙarni na 20. 

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Adams a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1901, a Ritzville, Washington, ɗan James Carey Adams,  manomi kuma mai wa'azin ' yan'uwa na Plymouth . A cikin iyalinsa da kuma a coci, ana ɗaukar Ranar Shari'a a matsayin wata dama ta gaske. Lokacin da Adams yake da shekaru 16, mahaifinsa ya yi rashin lafiya sosai, kuma Adams ya bar makaranta don yin aiki a kan Layin Dogon Jirgin Ƙasa na Arewacin Pacific don taimakawa wajen tallafa wa iyalin. Ya yi kyau a can kuma ya hau kan mulki amma ya bar wannan aikin don halartar Jami'ar Minnesota . Bayan ya kammala karatunsa a 1924, ya ci gaba da zuwa Makarantar Allahntaka ta Harvard don zama ministan Unitarian. A cikin iliminsa, ya ƙaura daga " tsarin farko na shekaru aru-aru " zuwa " ɗan adam na kimiyya " sannan zuwa Kiristanci mai sassaucin ra'ayi . 

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Harvard, Adams ya yi aiki a matsayin ministan Cocin Biyu, Unitarian a Salem, Massachusetts, daga 1927 zuwa 1934, da kuma First Unitarian Society a Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, daga 1934 zuwa 1935. A tsakiyar shekarun 1930, Adams ya yi dogon lokaci a Jamus, inda ya yi abota da wasu fitattun mutane na addini (ciki har da Karl Barth da Albert Schweitzer ) waɗanda suka yi fafutukar kare haƙƙin Nazi a ɓoye.

A shekarar 1937, Adams ya fara aiki na dogon lokaci a fannin ilimi ta hanyar shiga sashen Makarantar Tauhidi ta Meadville (wanda yanzu ake kira Makarantar Tauhidi ta Meadville Lombard ) da ke Chicago . Yayin da yake can, ya zama memba na Cocin Unitarian na Farko na Chicago kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin amintattu. A shekarar 1956, ya zama Farfesa na Ɗabi'un Kirista a Makarantar Divinity ta Harvard, inda ya zauna har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1968. An zaɓe shi a matsayin Fellow na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka a shekarar 1958.  A shekarar 1962 ya zama ɓangare na kwamitin gudanarwa na farko na Ƙungiyar Fasaha, Addini da Al'adun Zamani . Daga baya wasu ɗalibansa suka zama mutane masu tasiri a ɗabi'un Kirista a faɗin fannin tauhidi. Daga cikinsu akwai Stephen Charles Mott, wani majagaba a ɗabi'un zamantakewa na bishara a Amurka wanda ya koyar a Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Gordon-Conwell na tsawon kwata na ƙarni kuma tsohon Shugaban Gidauniyar James Luther Adams. Wani daga cikin ɗaliban Adams shi ne Chris Hedges, marubucin littafin War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002). Bayan ya yi ritaya daga Harvard, Adams ya koyar a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Andover Newton da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Meadville Lombard. A shekarunsa na ƙarshe, ya zauna a Dandalin Harvard, Cambridge kusa da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Harvard kusa da harabar Jami'ar Harvard kuma memba ne mai himma a Cocin Arlington Street (UU) da ke Boston har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 26 ga Yuli, 1994. An binne shi a Makabartar Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts . 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1994
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1901