Fundamentalist–modernist controversy

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The Fundamentalist–modernist controversy was an early 20th-century theological and cultural conflict within American Protestantism between conservative fundamentalists and liberal modernists over biblical interpretation, science, and social change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict within American Protestantism ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
conflictWith biblical modernism ⓘ
evolutionary teaching in churches and schools ⓘ
higher criticism of the Bible ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
field American religious history ⓘ
Protestant theology ⓘ
church history ⓘ
hasEffect decline of fundamentalist influence in some mainline denominations ⓘ
formation of new conservative seminaries ⓘ
growth of neo-evangelicalism ⓘ
rise of independent fundamentalist churches ⓘ
split within mainline Protestant denominations ⓘ
hasPart Baptist denominational conflicts ⓘ
Northern Baptist Convention controversy ⓘ
Northern Presbyterian Church controversy ⓘ
Presbyterian theological disputes ⓘ
Princeton Theological Seminary reorganization ⓘ
Scopes Monkey Trial ⓘ
Scopes Trial ⓘ
location American denominations ⓘ
Northern Baptist Convention ⓘ
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ
mainSubject authority of the Bible ⓘ
biblical interpretation ⓘ
doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ
evolution ⓘ
science and religion ⓘ
social change ⓘ
theological liberalism ⓘ
mainTopic American Protestantism ⓘ
notableFigure Clarence Darrow ⓘ
Harry Emerson Fosdick ⓘ
J. Gresham Machen ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
opposingParty conservative evangelicals ⓘ
fundamentalists ⓘ
liberal Protestants ⓘ
modernists ⓘ
religiousMovement Christian fundamentalism ⓘ
Protestant modernism ⓘ
liberal Protestantism ⓘ
startTime early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ

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Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → hasPart → Northern Baptist Convention controversy ⓘ
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Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → religiousMovement → Protestant modernism ⓘ
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The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism → influencedBy → fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ
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Old Princeton theology → influenced → fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ
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J. Gresham Machen → movement → fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ
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Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions → associatedWithMovement → fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ
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Shall the Fundamentalists Win? → movementContext → Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy ⓘ
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Christianity and Liberalism → historicalContext → Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy ⓘ
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