Fundamentalist–modernist controversy

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conflict within American Protestantism historical event religious controversy theological controversy

The Fundamentalist–modernist controversy was an early 20th-century theological and cultural conflict within American Protestantism between conservative fundamentalists and liberal modernists over biblical interpretation, science, and social change.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
fundamentalist–modernist controversy	4
Fundamentalist–modernist controversy canonical	1
Northern Baptist Convention controversy	1
Northern Presbyterian Church controversy	1
Protestant modernism	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict within American Protestantism ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious controversy ⓘ theological controversy ⓘ
conflictWith	biblical modernism ⓘ evolutionary teaching in churches and schools ⓘ higher criticism of the Bible ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	American religious history ⓘ Protestant theology ⓘ church history ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of fundamentalist influence in some mainline denominations ⓘ formation of new conservative seminaries ⓘ growth of neo-evangelicalism ⓘ rise of independent fundamentalist churches ⓘ split within mainline Protestant denominations ⓘ
hasPart	Baptist denominational conflicts ⓘ Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Baptist Convention controversy Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Presbyterian Church controversy Presbyterian theological disputes ⓘ Princeton Theological Seminary reorganization ⓘ Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ surface form: Scopes Monkey Trial Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ surface form: Scopes Trial
location	American denominations ⓘ Northern Baptist Convention ⓘ Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ
mainSubject	authority of the Bible ⓘ biblical interpretation ⓘ doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ evolution ⓘ science and religion ⓘ social change ⓘ theological liberalism ⓘ
mainTopic	American Protestantism ⓘ
notableFigure	Clarence Darrow ⓘ Harry Emerson Fosdick ⓘ J. Gresham Machen ⓘ William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
opposingParty	conservative evangelicals ⓘ fundamentalists ⓘ liberal Protestants ⓘ modernists ⓘ
religiousMovement	Christian fundamentalism ⓘ Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protestant modernism liberal Protestantism ⓘ
startTime	early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ

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American Protestantism → influencedBy → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → hasPart → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Presbyterian Church controversy

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → hasPart → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Baptist Convention controversy

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → religiousMovement → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant modernism

The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism → influencedBy → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ

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Old Princeton theology → influenced → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ

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Machen → movement → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ

subject surface form: J. Gresham Machen

this entity surface form: fundamentalist–modernist controversy

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions → associatedWithMovement → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ

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