John Lewis (philosopher)

This article is about the British minister and Marxist philosopher. For the British department store, see John Lewis & Partners. For other people of the same name, see John Lewis (disambiguation).

The Reverend
John Lewis
Born(1889-02-01)1 February 1889
Died12 February 1976(1976-02-12) (aged 87)
NationalityBritish
Political party
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Presbyterian · Unitarian)
Ordainedc. 1910
Scholarly background
Alma mater
Influences
Scholarly work
DisciplinePhilosophy
School or traditionMarxist humanism[4]

John Lewis (1 February 1889 – 12 February 1976) was a British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher and author of many works on philosophy, anthropology, and religion.

Lewis's father, a successful builder and architect, came from a Welsh farming family, and was a very devout Methodist. Young Lewis's social and political views clashed with those of his father. Their quarrels eventually led to his father disinheriting him.

  1. ^ Roberts 1997, p. 106.
  2. ^ Poole 2014, p. 25.
  3. ^ a b Roberts 1997, p. 135.
  4. ^ Roberts 1997, pp. 133–134.