Early Life and Education
Brightman was born in Holbrook, Massachusetts, and was the only child of a Methodist pastor. He studied at Brown University from which he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1906, and then with an M.A. degree in 1908. He then proceeded to Boston University where he was awarded the Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1910, followed by a PhD in 1912. He undertook further studies in Germany at the University of Berlin and Marburg University between 1910–1912.
He was ordained a Methodist minister in 1912.
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