The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County is one of the chapters of the American Ethical Union founded in 1876 by Dr Felix Adler in New York. Dr. Adler was a professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and a social reformer. He perceived a need for a religion based on “deed before creed”.
Today, religion must concern itself with the end, the purpose and the future of life…Religion must turn to a greater, more important question: What shall we do with this world? What is the outcome to be? We must do what we can to affect the outcome of life.
– Felix Adler
He founded Ethical Culture to focus on community and good works, rather than personal salvation.
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