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John Paul Williams
Dr. John Paul Williams (1900-1973) was chairman of the department of religion at Mount Holyoke College. In 1946, he served as president of the National Association of Biblical Instructors (now known as the American Academy of Religion). He wrote What Americans Believe and How They Worship (1952, revised 1962) containing the chapter "Judaism -- the Mother Institution." Together with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan and Eugene Kohn he co-authored the anthology of civic prayers, Faith in America (1951).
🇺🇸 Arbor Day (last Friday of April) | Interfaith & Ecumenical collections of prayers | Planting | Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers | 🇺🇳 United Nations | War | 🌐 Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st) | 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st) | 🇺🇸 Labor Day (1st Monday of September) | 🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February) | 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November) | 🇺🇸 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th) | 🇺🇸 Flag Day (June 14) | 🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th)
American Jewry of the United States | anti-war | capitalism | civic prayers | ecumenical prayers | English vernacular prayer | interdependence | planting trees | Problematic prayers | reconstructing Judaism | the invisible hand | United States | world government | 20th century C.E. | 58th century A.M.
Members of the Faculty of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School | Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation | Mordecai Kaplan | Eugene Kohn | Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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