The Source of Human Good

A creative theory of value by a famous Christian scholar, well known for his many outstanding contributions to the study of Christian doctrine, Mr. Wieman's book has been widely acclaimed as a new approach to the problem of good and evil in our time.

Henry Nelson Wieman (1884-1975), a pastor, scholar, and teacher, was an American pragmatic theologian originally trained at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He also studied with philosophers Rudolph Eucken at Jena and Wilhelm Windelband and Ernst Troeltsch at Heidelberg. His teaching career included positions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, the New School in New York City, the University of Oregon, the University of West Virginia, and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Among his many publications, The Source of Human Good is one of his best known.