Clinton Lee Scott

Clinton Lee Scott (September 28, 1887-September 28, 1985) was an American Universalist minister and outspoken pacifist.{{Cite web|url=http://uudb.org/articles/clintonleescott.html|title=Clinton Lee Scott|last=Howe|first=Charles A.|date=November 6, 2000|website=Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography|access-date=April 11, 2019}}

From 1914 to 1946, he served Universalist churches in Northfield, Vermont; Buffalo, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Peoria, Illinois; Dayton, Ohio; El Dorado, Ohio and Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was a State Convention Superintendent in Massachusetts and Connecticut, returning to parish work in 1956, serving in Tarpon Springs, Florida, until retiring at age 84.

His 1946 book, Parish Parables is still available as an ebook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Parish+Parables+Clinton+Lee+Scott|title=Parish Parables by Clinton Lee Scott|date=April 11, 2019}} His theology evolved from liberal Christian, to Christian humanist, to global humanist. As the first prominent Universalist to embrace humanism, he signed the Humanist Manifesto I{{cite web | url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_I | title=Humanist Manifesto I | publisher=American Humanist Association | accessdate=October 9, 2012}} in 1933 and Humanist Manifesto II{{cite web | url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_II | title=Humanist Manifesto II | publisher=American Humanist Association | accessdate=October 9, 2012 | archive-date=October 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020110719/http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_II | url-status=dead }} in 1973.