Final Flashcards
(36 cards)
Liberalism
A late nineteenth - and early twentieth. Century movement seeking to preserve the Christian Faith by adjusting traditional Christianity to developments in modern culture
Higher criticism
Says Bible is not inspired
Liberals
Departing from traditional beliefs
Rationalism
Spirit of criticism
Experience
Existentialism
social gospel
Redemption of humanity ; ethics replaced doctrine
Friedrich schleiermacher
“The father of modern religious liberalism “
Horace Bushnell
Opposed revivalism ; “Father of American Protestant Liberalism “
Albright Ritschl
Emphasized the church’s social involvement
Charles Augustus Briggs
Articulated six barriers that hurt Bible study
Walter Rauschenbuch
“Father of the Social Gospel “ rejected substitutionary atonement
Charles Sheldon
In His Steps
Shailer Matthews
Helped start the Northern Baptists Convention
Harry Emerson Fosdick
“America’s Greatest Liberal Preacher of the 20 th Century “
Major emphases in fundamentalism
Defend pure doctrine, separation
The niagara conference
Focused on the fundamentals of Christianity
The fundamentals
94 essays that gave Christians. A core of ideas to rally behind
Fundamentalists tended to be
Pre millenial
The Scopes “Monkey Trial “
People changed views of fundamentalists ; they were looked down upon by society
J Gresham Machen
Wrote Christianity and Liberalism
Riley
first great leader of ammerican fundamentalism
Billy Sunday
Preaching influenced the amendment prohibiting alcohol
J Frank Norris
The “Texas Tornado” ; out spoken against liberalism in the southern baptist convention
John R Rice
20 th century’s mightiest pen