the central force of religion. He believed that different people's interpretations of religions were to be respected as religious in themselves. The Ethical Culture movement was open to people of diverse beliefs. Ethical Culture societies were formed in the late nineteenth century in numerous cities in the United States, for instance, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Works Books Updated in 1915 to include a third lecture. Book chapters References Citations Sources Further reading on Adler's impact on the Reform movement. External links Home: New York Society for Ethical Culture, founded by Adler Home: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, an ethical society established in 1906 based on the guiding principles of Felix Adler and part of the American Ethical Union. Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago, established 1882 and the second Ethical Society founded by Adler Religious Naturalist American Ethical Union, the umbrella organization for the various Ethical Societies in the United States. 1851 births 1933 deaths American people of German-Jewish descent American socialists Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School alumni Columbia College (New York) alumni Cornell University Department of History faculty Ethical movement German emigrants to the United States 19th-century German Jews Heidelberg University alumni Jewish humanists Jewish philosophers New York (state) socialists People from Alzey People from Rhenish Hesse Progressive Era in the United States Rationalists Religious naturalists