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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American Protestantism influencedBy Fundamentalist–modernist controversy
Fundamentalist–modernist controversy hasPart Northern Presbyterian Church controversy
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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
subject linked to: Machen
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Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions associatedWithMovement fundamentalist–modernist controversy
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