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==Career==

==Career==

Brought up in a devout Baptist family in upstate New York, Fosdick was educated at Colgate University and Union Theological Seminary (B.D. 1904); he was on the Union faculty 1908-46.  Fosdick was ordained to the Northern Baptist ministry in 1903, and was pastor at First Baptist Church of Montclair, New Jersey, until 1915 when he took a full-time faculty post at Union A series of best-sellers gave him a national reputation. The books reflected Fosdick's interest in consequential belief and apologetics; each argued for the pertinence and reasonableness of Christian faith, while encouraging Christian fortitude in faith and conduct amid the stresses of modern life.  They included ''The Second Mile'' (1908); ''The Assurance of Immortality'' (1913); and ''The Manhood of the Master'' (1913), ''The Meaning of Prayer'' (1915), ''The Meaning of Faith'' (1917), and ''The Meaning of Service'' (1920). He explained in vivid language the feasibility and practical benefit of Christian devotion.   

Brought up in a devout Baptist family in upstate New York, Fosdick was educated at Colgate University and Union Theological Seminary (B.D. 1904); he was on the Union faculty 1908–46.  Fosdick was ordained to the Northern Baptist ministry in 1903, and was pastor at First Baptist Church of Montclair, New Jersey, until 1915 when he took a full-time faculty post at Union A series of best-sellers gave him a national reputation. The books reflected Fosdick's interest in consequential belief and apologetics; each argued for the pertinence and reasonableness of Christian faith, while encouraging Christian fortitude in faith and conduct amid the stresses of modern life.  They included ''The Second Mile'' (1908); ''The Assurance of Immortality'' (1913); and ''The Manhood of the Master'' (1913), ''The Meaning of Prayer'' (1915), ''The Meaning of Faith'' (1917), and ''The Meaning of Service'' (1920). He explained in vivid language the feasibility and practical benefit of Christian devotion.   

While still a Baptist he was called by the newly formed First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City.  His theological enemies, led by [[William Jennings Bryan]], tried to destroy his career, but after two lengthy investigations the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church finally agreed that Fosdick could retain the First Presbyterian pulpit if he became a Presbyterian and ascribed to the orthodox Westminster Confession. Fosdick refused to assent to any creed, so he resigned in 1925.  Baptists wanted him back, and Rockefeller built for him the monumental Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, New York City. The church was dedicated in 1931, and Fosdick remained there until his retirement in 1946, drawing large live audiences as well as a national radio audience for his program "National Vespers".<ref>See [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740482,00.html "Riverside Church" ''Time'' Oct. 06, 1930 online]</ref>

While still a Baptist he was called by the newly formed First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City.  His theological enemies, led by [[William Jennings Bryan]], tried to destroy his career, but after two lengthy investigations the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church finally agreed that Fosdick could retain the First Presbyterian pulpit if he became a Presbyterian and ascribed to the orthodox Westminster Confession. Fosdick refused to assent to any creed, so he resigned in 1925.  Baptists wanted him back, and Rockefeller built for him the monumental Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, New York City. The church was dedicated in 1931, and Fosdick remained there until his retirement in 1946, drawing large live audiences as well as a national radio audience for his program "National Vespers".<ref>See [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740482,00.html "Riverside Church" ''Time'' Oct. 06, 1930 online]</ref>

* Fosdick, Harry Emerson. ''The Living of These Days'' (1956), autobiography; primary source

* Fosdick, Harry Emerson. ''The Living of These Days'' (1956), autobiography; primary source

* Miller, Robert Moats. ''Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet'' (1985), the standard scholarly biography [https://books.google.com/books?id=Do5wWiDsoboC&pg=PP1&dq=%22Harry+Emerson+Fosdick%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=2009&as_maxm_is=12&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpts and text search]

* Miller, Robert Moats. ''Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet'' (1985), the standard scholarly biography [https://books.google.com/books?id=Do5wWiDsoboC&pg=PP1&dq=%22Harry+Emerson+Fosdick%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=2009&as_maxm_is=12&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpts and text search]

* Potter, Richard H. "Popular Religion of the 1930's as Reflected in the Best Sellers of Harry Emerson Fosdick." ''Journal of Popular Culture'' 1970 3(4): 712-728.

* Potter, Richard H. "Popular Religion of the 1930's as Reflected in the Best Sellers of Harry Emerson Fosdick." ''Journal of Popular Culture'' 1970 3(4): 712–728.

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