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Neo-orthodox is a major Protestant theological development in the 20th century.  Originating in Europe after World War I, it spread to the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s and to some extent displaced [[Liberal Christianity]] with its emphasis on God as the centerpiece of religion. It dominates the [[Mainline]] Protestant denominations.

Neo-orthodox is a major Protestant theological development in the 20th century.  Originating in Europe after World War I, it spread to the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s and to some extent displaced [[Liberal Christianity]] with its emphasis on God as the centerpiece of religion. It dominates the [[Mainline]] Protestant denominations. The leading American theologian was [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] (1892-1971).

Neo Orthodox theologians have characteristics in common with both the [[Religious Left]] and the [[Religious right]]. Its members include the Swiss theologian [[Karl Barth]] and the American theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]]. They rejected much of the [[Liberal Christianity#Origins of liberal Christianity|liberalism]], emphatically embracing the doctrine of original sin, but still held modernist biblical criticism in high regard and never fully questioned the liberal foundations of science—unlike [[fundamentalism|anti-modernism]], which rejects biblical criticism and never shies away from such confrontation.  

Neo Orthodox theologians have characteristics in common with both the [[Religious Left]] and the [[Religious right]]. Its members include the Swiss theologian [[Karl Barth]] and the American theologian [[Paul Tillich]]. They rejected much of the [[Liberal Christianity#Origins of liberal Christianity|liberalism]], emphatically embracing the doctrine of original sin, but still held modernist biblical criticism in high regard and never fully questioned the liberal foundations of science—unlike [[fundamentalism|anti-modernism]], which rejects biblical criticism and never shies away from such confrontation.  

The origins of the Neo-Orthodoxy movement stem from Karl Barth's realization around 1920 that his old ideas were outmoded. Barth then rejected 350 years of German Protestant teaching—almost everything after or outside of [[Martin Luther]] and [[John Calvin]]. Barth asserted that God is "wholly other" and that man must reshape himself to God's design and not the other way around as had become the norm in 19th century Swiss, German Christian theology<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,949287,00.html "Thunder and Lightning in a Pen"], Richard N. Ostling, ''[[Time magazine]]'', Monday, Aug. 03, 1981 </ref>.  

The origins of the Neo-Orthodoxy movement stem from Karl Barth's realization around 1920 that his old ideas were outmoded. Barth then rejected 350 years of German Protestant teaching—almost everything after or outside of [[Martin Luther]] and [[John Calvin]]. Barth asserted that God is "wholly other" and that man must reshape himself to God's design and not the other way around as had become the norm in 19th century Swiss, German Christian theology<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,949287,00.html "Thunder and Lightning in a Pen"], Richard N. Ostling, ''[[Time magazine]]'', Monday, Aug. 03, 1981 </ref>.