| − | John Gresham Machen (1881 – 1937) is an important theologian in [[Conservative Christianity]] who taught [[New Testament]] from 1906 to 1929 at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]. He countered liberal Presbyterian figures, such as [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]] in the 1920's and [[Pearl Buck]] in the 1930's. He did this in such an honorable way that in the 1929 book ''A Preface to Morals'' [[Walter Lippmann]], a figure often beloved by liberals, wrote "We shall do well to listen to Dr. Machen"<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=-wDICbaI80kC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA32,M1 ''A Preface to Morals''], Walter Lippmann, Macmillan, 1929</ref>. He was instrumental in the 1929 formation of [[Westminster Theological Seminary]], which then sought and still seeks to continue in the tradition of Old [[Princeton Theology]]. A year before his sudden death in 1937 he helped form the [[Orthodox Presbyterian Church]] at the age of 1955. | + | John Gresham Machen (1881 – 1937) is an important theologian in [[Conservative Christianity]] who taught [[New Testament]] from 1906 to 1929 at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]. He countered liberal Presbyterian figures, such as [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]] in the 1920's and [[Pearl Buck]] in the 1930's. He did this in such an honorable way that in the 1929 book ''A Preface to Morals'' [[Walter Lippmann]], a figure often beloved by liberals, wrote "We shall do well to listen to Dr. Machen"<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=-wDICbaI80kC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA32,M1 ''A Preface to Morals''], Walter Lippmann, Macmillan, 1929</ref>. He was instrumental in the 1929 formation of [[Westminster Theological Seminary]], which then sought and still seeks to continue in the tradition of Old [[Princeton Theology]]. A year before his sudden death in 1937 he helped form the [[Orthodox Presbyterian Church]] at the age of 55. |