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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) | 🇺🇸 Flag Day (June 14) | Interfaith & Ecumenical collections of prayers | 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st) | 🇺🇸 Labor Day (1st Monday of September) | 🇺🇸 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th) | Planting | Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers | 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November) | 🇺🇳 United Nations | 🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th) | War | 🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February) | 🌐 Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st)
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.
Mordecai Kaplan | Eugene Kohn | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation | Members of the Faculty of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
📖 The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays, compiled by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)
Contributed by Eugene Kohn | John Paul Williams | Mordecai Kaplan | Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation | ❧
A collection of civic prayers, poems, and readings arranged for thirteen civic holidays in the United States. . . .
