Weatherhead, Leslie (Dixon) (1893-1976)
Weatherhead, Leslie (Dixon) (1893-1976)
British Methodist minister interested in aspects of parapsychology. Weatherhead was born on October 14, 1893, in London. He studied at the University of Manchester (M.A., 1926) and Richmond College, and he later received his doctorate at the University of London (1950). He served as a chaplain to British troops during World War I, ministered at the English Church in Madras, India, after the war (1918-22), and served several appointments prior to becoming the pastor of City Temple, the large Methodist church in London, in 1936.
Weatherhead wrote a number of notable books over the years, including a frequently reprinted early text on God and the problem of evil. As an adult, he became interested in psychic phenomena and wrote a series of books that ran from a pioneering text in pastoral psychology to more controversial texts within the Christian community on such topics as reincarnation. He died January 5, 1976.
Sources:
Weatherhead, Leslie. After Death. London: J. Clarke, 1923.
——. Psychology, Religion, and Healing. Rev. ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1952.
——. The Resurrection of Christ in the Light of Modern Science and Psychical Research. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959.