Henry Nelson Wieman
Henry Nelson Wieman | |
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Wieman in 1912, from the collection of his daughter, Kendra Smith | |
| Born | August 19, 1884 |
| Died | June 19, 1975 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Park College San Francisco Theological Seminary Harvard University |
| Known for | Naturalistic religion, Empirical Theology |
| Awards | UUA Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Liberal Religion. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theology/Philosophy |
| Institutions | Occidental College University of Chicago University of Oregon West Virginia University University of Houston UCLA Washington University Grinnell College Southern Illinois University |
Henry Nelson Wieman (1884–1975) was an American philosopher and theologian. He became the most famous proponent of theocentric naturalism and the empirical method in American theology and catalyzed the emergence of religious naturalism in the latter part of the 20th century. He has two grandsons who are prominent physicists, Carl Wieman and Howard Wieman, and his son-in-law Huston Smith was a prominent scholar in religious studies.