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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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 → surface form: "Northern Baptist Convention controversy" Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → 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 → surface form: "Protestant modernism" liberal Protestantism →
startTime	early 20th century →
timePeriod	Progressive Era → interwar period →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → hasPart → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy →

this entity surface form: "Northern Presbyterian Church controversy"

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → hasPart → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy →

this entity surface form: "Northern Baptist Convention controversy"

American Protestantism → influencedBy → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy →

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → religiousMovement → Fundamentalist–modernist controversy →

this entity surface form: "Protestant modernism"