John Haynes Holmes
b. 1879 – d. 1964 · 281 books
Biography
American Unitarian minister, pacifist, and co-founder of the NAACP and the ACLU. He is noted for his anti-war activism
Books by John Haynes Holmes
Grail of Life; an Anthology on
Grail of Life; an Anthology on Heroic Death and Immortal Life
Through Gentile Eyes a Plea fo
Through Gentile Eyes a Plea for Tolerance and Good Will
What Gandhi Might Do for America
Revolutionary Function of the
Revolutionary Function of the Modern Church
I Meet Gandhi
Jews and the Christian Conscience
Life and Letters of Robert Col
Life and Letters of Robert Collyer, 1823-1912; Volume 1
Readings from Great Authors
New Churches for Old; a Plea f
New Churches for Old; a Plea for Community Religion
Classic Works of John Haynes H
Classic Works of John Haynes Holmes
Is Science Vindicating Religion? A Modern Controversy
The Affirmation of Immortality, The Immortality of Man 1946
Sources of inspiration
The enduring significance of E
The enduring significance of Emerson's Divinity School address
Before the war: Last voices of arbitration, comprising The international mind
A summons unto men
The Holmes-Weatherly Award
The Holmes-Weatherly Award
A memorial service in tribute
A memorial service in tribute to John Haynes Holmes
Collected hymns
Desperate remedies in time of
Desperate remedies in time of war
My Gandhi
The good and the bad in religi
The good and the bad in religion
Religion and our schools
Religion and our schools
These things we must not do
These things we must not do
What do we do when we worship?
What do we do when we worship?
What does prayer avail in time
What does prayer avail in times like these?
An account of my ministry
An account of my ministry
Is there a single rule of life
Is there a single rule of life for these times?
The invisible armies that figh
The invisible armies that fight for truth
How may we live in times like
How may we live in times like these ...
Liberal religion and the world
Liberal religion and the world today
What shall we do with religion
What shall we do with religion?
Bright spots on the world's ma
Bright spots on the world's map
What is religion good for toda
What is religion good for today?
What the world looks like toda
What the world looks like today
My adventures with religion in
My adventures with religion in India
My visit to India
My visit to India
The Affirmation of Immorality
The affirmation of immortality ..
Are we losing our liberal spir
Are we losing our liberal spirit
Did Jesus succeed or fail?
Did Jesus succeed or fail?
How may we understand these ti
How may we understand these times?
Is the end at hand?
Is the end at hand?
Jews and the Christian conscience: a plea for Palestine
Must we have a holy war?
Must we have a holy war?
Right and left vs. right and w
Right and left vs. right and wrong
Shakespeare, Shaw and Eugene O
Shakespeare, Shaw and Eugene O'Neill
The sins of good men
The sins of good men
The ten most beautiful words i
The ten most beautiful words in the English language
What it takes to make a life
What it takes to make a life
What trouble we make for ourse
What trouble we make for ourselves!
Is the war really ended?
Is the war really ended?
Life's mystery and religion's
Life's mystery and religion's answer
Making the best of things
Making the best of things
On being a "perfectionist"
On being a "perfectionist"
Preaching and religion today
Preaching and religion today
Akhnaton, of Egypt
Akhnaton, of Egypt
How may life be made easier th
How may life be made easier these days?
On how to conduct our lives
On how to conduct our lives
The church in this age
The church in this age
This thing called religion, wh
This thing called religion, what is it?
War's spiritual blitz
War's spiritual blitz
What the negro wants, and is g
What the negro wants, and is going to get
Whom would I like to see sit a
Whom would I like to see sit at the peace table?
Christianity's debt to Judaism
Christianity's debt to Judaism
Facing the worst
Facing the worst
If we hate, we shall fail!
If we hate, we shall fail!
Must we change our religion to
Must we change our religion to fit these times?
Our interrupted lives
Our interrupted lives
The second Christmas, and othe
The second Christmas, and other stories,
The sense and nonsense of war-
The sense and nonsense of war-prayers
What shall we do with Hitler?
What shall we do with Hitler?
Why reason in religion is not
Why reason in religion is not enough
A letter to Kagawa
A letter to Kagawa
Do we know what Jesus taught?
Do we know what Jesus taught?
Finding truth by living it
Finding truth by living it
I'm glad I'm alive!
I'm glad I'm alive!
Lincoln and war
Lincoln and war
Reinforcements of faith
Reinforcements of faith
Special dangers in this war
Special dangers in this war
The church in war time
The church in war time
The wise men come to Herod
The wise men come to Herod
What Gandhi Is Teaching the World
Are we in the hands of fate?
Are we in the hands of fate?
Carrying on in these times
Carrying on in these times
How may we survive the horrors
How may we survive the horrors of these times?
Peace within while war rages w
Peace within while war rages without
The seven deadly sins of war
The seven deadly sins of war
What is happening to our bill
What is happening to our bill of rights?
A Christian speaks to Jews
A Christian speaks to Jews
As we move towards war
As we move towards war
Do you care?
Do you care?
If America enters the war what
If America enters the war what shall I do?
Substitutes for religion
Substitutes for religion
The Community Church of Boston
The Community Church of Boston after twenty years ...
The one supreme issue of this
The one supreme issue of this hour
The Role of poetry in the mode
The Role of poetry in the modern world
What does the world today cont
What does the world today contain for happiness?
What pacifism is, and is not
What pacifism is, and is not
Why we liberals went wrong on
Why we liberals went wrong on the Russian revolution
America's part and place in th
America's part and place in the present crisis
New virtues for old
New virtues for old
Our attitude towards enemies
Our attitude towards enemies
Religion for a war-torn world
Religion for a war-torn world
The affirmations of life
The affirmations of life
Theologies and ideologies
Theologies and ideologies
Why must the innocent suffer w
Why must the innocent suffer with the guilty?
A prayer for a wedding
A prayer for a wedding
Am I becoming a conservative?
Am I becoming a conservative?
Can religion help us in these
Can religion help us in these times?
Does the end ever justify the
Does the end ever justify the means?
Is there a Jewish problem?
Is there a Jewish problem?
Some precious things we are lo
Some precious things we are losing these days
The dangers of anti-fascism
The dangers of anti-fascism
Through Gentile eyes
A peace program of neutrality
A peace program of neutrality
A statesmanship of peace ...
A statesmanship of peace ...
How America entered the next w
How America entered the next war!
Pacifism and civilization
Pacifism and civilization
The new warfare of science and
The new warfare of science and religion
The unmarried
The unmarried
Capitalism, character, and cul
Capitalism, character, and culture
Science, psychology, religion
Science, psychology, religion ...
What can "I" do to save this d
What can "I" do to save this desparate world?
What's happening to happiness?
What's happening to happiness?
Is 1935 another 1914?
Is 1935 another 1914?
Is our present civilization wo
Is our present civilization worth preserving?
Jews, Gentiles, and Nazis
Jews, Gentiles, and Nazis
Senator Long, Father Coughlin,
Senator Long, Father Coughlin, Dr. Townsend
Some facts we refuse to rememb
Some facts we refuse to remember about Jesus
The cure of disillusionment
The cure of disillusionment
Has pacifism become impossible
Has pacifism become impossible?
Is suicide justifiable?
Is suicide justifiable?
Movies, morals, and men
Movies, morals, and men
Non-resistance triumphant!
Non-resistance triumphant!
One year of repeal
One year of repeal
The challenge of these times
The challenge of these times
The greatest single deed of he
The greatest single deed of heroism in our time
Four reforms which would save
Four reforms which would save the world
Is war coming?
Is war coming?
Religious recovery
Religious recovery
The new society I would build
The new society I would build
The sensible man's view of religion
Why are Jews persecuted
Addresses at the presentation
Addresses at the presentation of the Community Church medal to Mahatma Gandhi
George Washington, revolutioni
George Washington, revolutionist
Is religious liberty dead in A
Is religious liberty dead in America?
Mayor Walker's wet parade
Mayor Walker's wet parade
My twenty-five years in New Yo
My twenty-five years in New York
Some notes on a sane philosoph
Some notes on a sane philosophy of life
The one true way of life
The one true way of life
The sensible mans̕ view of religion
The unknown soldier speaks
The unknown soldier speaks
We fall to rise
We fall to rise
What Soviet Russia is doing to
What Soviet Russia is doing to religion
Are prayers answered?
Are prayers answered?
Can morality survive without r
Can morality survive without religion?
Disarm!
Do the dead speak?
Do the dead speak?
If Christians were Christians!
If Christians were Christians!
If God sees us, what does he t
If God sees us, what does he think of us?
If I were unemployed!
If I were unemployed!
If I were young today!
If I were young today!
Is Christianity living or dead
Is Christianity living or dead
Is science a failure?
Is science a failure?
Is science vindicating religio
Is science vindicating religion?
Julia M. Carey, 1856-1930
Julia M. Carey, 1856-1930
Julia M. Cary
Julia M. Cary
Marriage and happiness
Marriage and happiness
The good in bad times
The good in bad times
The tomb of Lenin
The tomb of Lenin
Why cities go wrong
Why cities go wrong
A humanistic interpretation of
A humanistic interpretation of prayer
Atheism, and the questions it
Atheism, and the questions it raises
Bertrand Russell and the exper
Bertrand Russell and the experiment of freedom
Einstein, Eddington, and jeans
Einstein, Eddington, and jeans ...
Gandhi before Pilate ...
Havelock Ellis and the art of
Havelock Ellis and the art of love
Humanism, is this the answer?
Humanism, is this the answer?
Is America a civilized country
Is America a civilized country?
Is the soul a myth?
Is the soul a myth?
Marriage and happiness (1)
Marriage and happiness (1)
Marriage and happiness (2)
Marriage and happiness (2)
Shall we abandon prayer?
Shall we abandon prayer?
Some evils done by present-day
Some evils done by present-day psychology
The christianity that Christia
The christianity that Christians forget
The enemy that besets and may
The enemy that besets and may destroy America
The progress of the world towa
The progress of the world toward internationalism
Theism, and the questions it d
Theism, and the questions it does not answer
War literature today ...
War literature today ...
Why I would abolish Memorial D
Why I would abolish Memorial Day
Will there be any churches in
Will there be any churches in the future?
Disobedience to law ...
Disobedience to law ...
Has morality lost its authorit
Has morality lost its authority?
Palestine to-day and to-morrow
Palestine, Today and Tomorrow
Palestine, Today and Tomorrow
Psychology and ethics
Stock exchange gambling-- Stop
Stock exchange gambling-- Stop it! How?
The revolution we need
The revolution we need
Who wants war?
Who wants war?
"August 27, 1928"
"August 27, 1928"
Forgotten Christs ...
Forgotten Christs ...
If the state were moral!
If the state were moral!
Is there a right to happiness?
Is there a right to happiness?
Should a Roman Catholic be ele
Should a Roman Catholic be elected president?
The religion superior to both
The religion superior to both Judaism and Christianity
The scientific basis of the im
The scientific basis of the immortal hope
What religion can do for a man
What religion can do for a man
Where Christianity is superior
Where Christianity is superior to Judaism
Has marriage any future?
Has marriage any future?
Lenin and Gandhi-- apostles of
Lenin and Gandhi-- apostles of utopia
The companionate marriage
What the world owes to the Bol
What the world owes to the Bolsheviki!
Where Judaism is superior to C
Where Judaism is superior to Christianity
Why get married?
Why get married?
Why marriage succeeds and fail
Why marriage succeeds and fails
Idol worship in modern life
Idol worship in modern life
Is Roman Catholicism a menace
Is Roman Catholicism a menace to America?
The future of free religion
The future of free religion
Mermaids and holy scripture
Mermaids and holy scripture
The seven deadly sins of milit
The seven deadly sins of militarism
Is religion destined to endure
Is religion destined to endure?
Can a Jew and a Christian wors
Can a Jew and a Christian worship together?
Honesty in the pulpit
Honesty in the pulpit
Bryan, Darwin, and the fact of
Bryan, Darwin, and the fact of evolution
Can the church be radical?
Can the church be radical?
New churches for old
The community of free minds
The community of free minds
Who is the greatest man in the
Who is the greatest man in the world today?
Heroes in peace
Is violence the way out of our
Is violence the way out of our industrial diputes?
The Community Church and socia
The Community Church and socialized religion
The Community Church of Boston
The Community Church of Boston after twenty years (1920-1940)
The grail of life
Democracy-- religion outside t
Democracy-- religion outside the churches
Denominationalism-- religion i
Denominationalism-- religion inside the churches
Freedom of speech and of the p
Freedom of speech and of the press
Must we change human nature in
Must we change human nature in order to abolish war and other social ills?
President Wilson and the soul
President Wilson and the soul of America
Readings from Great Authors, Arranged for Responsive, or Other Use in Churches, Schools, Forums, Homes, Etc
Should we forgive all sin?
Should we forgive all sin?
Spiritual slackers
Spiritual slackers
The healing of hate
The healing of hate
A statement on this war
A statement on this war
Is the Bible a hindrance or a
Is the Bible a hindrance or a help to modern religion?
Religion for to-Day, Various Interpretations of the Thought and Practise of the New Religion of Our Time
The life and letters of Robert Collyer, 1823-1912
The Messiah pulpit
The religion of Rabindranath T
The religion of Rabindranath Tagore
What shall we think about Jesu
What shall we think about Jesus?
Who's who in 'Billy' Sunday's
Who's who in 'Billy' Sunday's hell
A democratic God
A democratic God
Is poverty ever a blessing?
Is poverty ever a blessing?
New wars for old, being a statement of radical pacifism in terms of force versus non-resistance
The myth of miracles
The myth of miracles
Is Death the End
Is permanent and universal pea
Is permanent and universal peace to be desired?
Is war ever justifiable?
Is war ever justifiable?
Why should a man enter the min
Why should a man enter the ministry?
John Wesley and the Methodist
John Wesley and the Methodist revolt
Legislation and morals
Legislation and morals
Robert Collyer
The social message of Theodore
The social message of Theodore Parker
Marriage, divorce, and the pro
Marriage, divorce, and the problem of sex
Mortal and immortal
Mortal and immortal
Reverence, the heart of religi
Reverence, the heart of religion
The revolutionary function of the modern Church
Wendell Phillips, champion of
Wendell Phillips, champion of the oppressed
Disfranchisement of negroes
God as a comrade
God as a comrade
The theology of Parker, or wha
The theology of Parker, or what Parker thought about God
A supplementary bibliography o
A supplementary bibliography on modern social questions
Evolution and the problem of m
Evolution and the problem of man
A bibliography on modern socia
A bibliography on modern social questions
Debate on religion between Joh
Debate on religion between John Haynes Holmes and Orland O. Norris
The proof of immortality
The proof of immortality
Religion for to-day
A Delegate from the Kingdom of
A Delegate from the Kingdom of God Arrives at the Disarmament Conference
Existe un problema Judío?
Existe un problema Judío?
John Haynes Holmes papers
John Haynes Holmes papers
Protozoology - a manual for me
Protozoology - a manual for medical men, Veterinarians and Zoologists, in two Volumes