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Adolf Keller (born 7 February 1872, Rüdlingen ; died 10 February 1963, Los Angeles) was a Swiss Evangelical Reformed theologian, the son of Johann Georg Keller (a teacher) and Margaretha (nee Buchter) Keller.

After his ordination in 1896, Adolf Keller worked as a curate in the German Protestant church in Cairo. In 1899, he returned to Switzerland as a pastor in Burg Stein am Rhein. Keller was appointed minister of the German-speaking community in Geneva in 1904, where he counted Karl Barth amongst his colleagues. His last parish appointment between 1909 and his retirement in 1923 was at St. Peter, Zurich. Here he joined Carl Jung, lectured in the psychology club and also took self analysis.

Subsequently Adolf Keller was a driving force in the ecumenical movement. Founded in 1920, the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches holds a key position between the Reformed Churches in Switzerland, and the Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox Churches abroad. Keller acted as General Secretary of the Central Bureau for Relief of the Evangelical Churches of Europe from its foundation in 1922 until stepping down in 1945. Kellar was also an initiator of the first International Protestant Loan Co-operative (Evangelische Darlhnsgenossenschaft), lectured abroad, and taught as a lecturer for ecumenical questions at the Universities of Zurich and Geneva. The Ecumenical Seminar founded by Keller in 1934 was the forerunner of the Institute Oecuménique in Bossey. Furthermore he presided over the Swiss Church Relief Committee for Protestant Refugees in 1938-1941.

In addition to publications on the ecumenical movement, his writings also includes an introduction to the philosophy of Henri Bergson, works on the relationship between psychoanalysis and Christianity, and several volumes of "secular prayers".

For his work he received numerous honours, including honorary doctorates from the University of Geneva (1922) and Yale University (1927) and professorships in the USA and in Europe.

Adolf Keller emigrated to the United States in 1954, where he died on February 10 1963, three days after his 91st birthday.

Selected Bibliography
A philosophy of life (Henri Bergson). Diederichs, Jena 1914th

Dynamis. Forms and forces of American Protestantism. Mohr, Tübingen 1921st

The churches and peace with particular reference to its position relative to the League of Nations. Furrow, Berlin 1927th

On the threshold. Insights and views into the deeper reality. Walker Verlag, Zurich 1929th

The path of dialectical theology by the ecclesiastical world. A small church customer of today. Kaiser, Munich 1931st

The Unknown God. Misery and hope the presence of hikers-Verlag, Zurich. Klotz, Gotha 1933rd

From spirit and love. A picture book of the life of hikers-Verlag, Zurich. Klotz, Gotha 1937th

At the foot of the lighthouse. Walker Verlag, Zurich 1940th American Christianity -. Today Protestant publisher, Zollikon / Zurich 1943rd