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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457985003321

Autore

Longfield Bradley J.

Titolo

The Presbyterian controversy : fundamentalists, modernists, and moderates / / Bradley J. Longfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-280-53484-2

9786610534845

0-19-802290-5

0-19-535871-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Religion in America Series

Disciplina

285/.1/09042

Soggetti

Modernist-fundamentalist controversy

Presbyterian Church - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Conflict Erupts: Harry Emerson Fosdick and the Presbyterian Church; 2. J. Gresham Machen: Princeton Theology and Southern Culture; 3. William Jennings Bryan and the 1923 General Assembly; 4. Henry Sloane Coffin and the Auburn Affirmation; 5. Clarence E. Macartney and the 1924 General Assembly; 6. Charles R. Erdman and the 1925 General Assembly; 7. The Reorganization of Princeton and the Birth of Westminster; 8. Robert E. Speer and the Board of Foreign Missions; 9. The Close of the Controversy: The Entanglement of Religion and Culture; Epilogue; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Longfield explores a bitter theological controversy that wracked the Presbyterian Church in the 1920s and 30s. By examining the lives and thought of six of the major protagonists he seeks to provide a fuller understanding of the religious and cultural issues in the struggle.