Stephen H. Fritchman

About the author: "During the 1940s, [Stephen Hole Fritchman] was Director of Youth Work and editor of 'The Christian Register for the American Unitarian Association (AUA). . ." [In 1948] he returned to the pulpit as minister at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angels." Rev. Fritchman endured interrogation by the House Un-American Activities Committee and faced other tribulations as he maintained his liberal work. Source Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biography www.uudb.org. About the show more book: Alvah Bessie wrote for 'Pacific Sun,' "Fritchman is more than a heretic or a maverick. He has been a mover and a shaker, an authentic prophet crying loudly and clearly in our several wildernesses. Those who have listened to him hear the counsel of hope, courage, decency, human progress and love--a love based on humanity itself, not on any scriptural or mystic deity." show less

About the author: Stephen Fritchman was a Unitarian minister in the 1940s and director of Youth Work and editor of "Christian Register for the AUA (American Unitarian Association). He worked with several progressive organizations, including the Progressive Front, which was a coalition of several political groups, especially those with leftist and centrist interests. Because his name appeared on the letterhead of the Progressive Front he became a person of interest to the FBI. Source show more www.uudb.org (Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biography). About the book: This work contains brief biographies of ten Unitarians born from 1510 to 1806 in a variety of countries. They are: Michael Servetus, Spanish, Faustus Socinus, Italian, Francis David, Hungarian, John Biddle, English, Joseph Priestley, English, Thomas Jefferson, American, William Ellery Channing, American, Ralph Waldo Emerson, American, Theodore Parker, American, and Magnus Eiriksson, Icelandic. show less