Neither strictly Christian left nor right were members of the Christian [[neo-orthodoxy]] movement. These theologians have characteristics in commmon with both the left and the right. Its members include the Swiss theologian [[Karl Barth]] and the first generation American theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]]. They rejected much of the liberalism of the [[social gospel]], but they still had a great deal of respect for biblical criticism and never fully questioned the liberal foundations of science and academia.
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Neither strictly Christian left nor right were members of the Christian [[neo-orthodoxy]] movement. These theologians have characteristics in commmon with both the left and the right. Its members include the Swiss theologian [[Karl Barth]] and the first generation American theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]]. They rejected much of the liberalism of the [[social gospel]] but still held biblical criticism in high regard and never fully questioned the liberal foundations of science and academia.