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| − | '''Harry Emerson Fosdick''' (1868-1969) was perhaps the single most | + | '''Harry Emerson Fosdick''' (1868-1969), Protestant minister, was perhaps the single most influential leader in 20th century American [[Liberal Christianity]]. Based in New York City, he pentecostal evangelist, rose to national prominence through his undoctrinaire evangelicalism and ability to use the mass media, especially books and magazine articles that appealed to a wide readership. He was a friend and collaborator with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and advised on Rockefeller Foundation projects. |
| + | Originally a Baptist, he joined the Presbyterians when he was called by the newly formed First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City. | ||
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| + | Fosdick in 1913, he published the book ''The Assurance of Immortality'' and he would later state that his ideas provided a way for Christians to prevent themselves from commiting "intellectual suicide." | ||
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| + | His 1922 sermon “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” attacked the [[Fundamentalists]], especially [[John Gresham Machen]] among others that called for Christianity to become a battleground dividing it up into winners and losers. | ||
| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | * Miller, Robert Moats. ''Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet'' (1985), the standard scholarly biography | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/details/hymnslivingchur00fosdgoog ''Hymns of the Living Church'' (1910)] | *[http://www.archive.org/details/hymnslivingchur00fosdgoog ''Hymns of the Living Church'' (1910)] | ||
Revision as of 06:54, March 25, 2009
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1868-1969), Protestant minister, was perhaps the single most influential leader in 20th century American Liberal Christianity. Based in New York City, he pentecostal evangelist, rose to national prominence through his undoctrinaire evangelicalism and ability to use the mass media, especially books and magazine articles that appealed to a wide readership. He was a friend and collaborator with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and advised on Rockefeller Foundation projects.
Originally a Baptist, he joined the Presbyterians when he was called by the newly formed First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Fosdick in 1913, he published the book The Assurance of Immortality and he would later state that his ideas provided a way for Christians to prevent themselves from commiting "intellectual suicide."
His 1922 sermon “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” attacked the Fundamentalists, especially John Gresham Machen among others that called for Christianity to become a battleground dividing it up into winners and losers.
Further reading
- Miller, Robert Moats. Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet (1985), the standard scholarly biography
- 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.