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John Gresham Machen (1881 – 1937) is an important figure in [[Conservative Christianity]].  In 1905 he spent a year studying under [[Johann Wilhelm Herrmann]].  Like [[Karl Barth]], he later rejected his teachings, though Barth's work would be seen as fundamentally different in nature and came to be known as the [[neo-orthodoxy]] movement.

John Gresham Machen (1881 – 1937) is an important figure in [[Conservative Christianity]].  In 1905 he spent a year studying under [[Johann Wilhelm Herrmann]].  Like [[Karl Barth]], he later rejected such [[Liberal Christianity]] teachings, though Barth's work would be seen as fundamentally different in nature and came to be known as the [[neo-orthodoxy]] movement. His 1923 book ''Christianity and Liberalism'' is considered a classic work of [[Fundamentalism]].  "Mache maintained that liberalism was both un-Christian and unscientific"<ref> Chapter 19 "The Fundamentalist and Neo-Evangelical Traditions" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=e7BXpAsDXh0C&pg=RA1-PA352&vq=Fundamentalist+fanatic&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1#PRA1-PA357,M1 ''American Religious Traditions: The Shaping of Religion in the United States''], Richard E. Wentz, Fotress Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8006-3616-3</ref>."

 

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