The Social Aims of Jesus by Charles Henry Dickinson

The Social Aims of Jesus by Charles Henry Dickinson

Charles Henry Dickinson

1857-1938

Charles Henry Dickinson was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1881 before earning a Bachelor of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1884. Dickinson went on to pursue graduate studies at Yale Divinity School until 1889. Dickinson's ministry began in 1885 when he organized a Congregational ministry and served as a pastor in various communities, including Wallingford, Connecticut, until 1893, and then in Canadaigua, New York, until 1901. He later served as pastor in Fargo, North Dakota, until 1905, and in Middlebury, Vermont, until 1911, before moving to Boston until 1913. In 1913, Dickinson took charge of religious and extension work in Calhoun, Alabama, until 1924. He resumed his service there from 1932 to 1935. In 1903, Dickinson received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Fargo College. He passed away in 1938.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1930

The Social Aims of Jesus. New York; RR Smith, 1930.

AL Book Collection

Dickinson, Charles Henry, “The Social Aims of Jesus by Charles Henry Dickinson,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24909.