Edgar S. Brightman
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| Born | Edgar Sheffield Brightman September 20, 1884 Holbrook, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | February 25, 1953 (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
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| Era | Western philosophy |
| Region | Contemporary philosophy |
| School | Boston personalism |
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| Main interests | Theology |
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Edgar Sheffield Brightman (September 20, 1884 – February 25, 1953) was an American philosopher and Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition, associated with Boston University and liberal theology, and promulgated the philosophy known as Boston personalism.
Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1928, Brightman served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in 1936 and the American Academy of Religion in 1942 and 1943.