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Wellhausen, Julius
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(1844-1918) German Old Testament Scholar, wrote "history of Israel", which held the Old testament as an evolving document.

coined "documentary hypothesis" -

the response would give rise to fundamentals.
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James, William
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American psychologist who used used Darwinian principles and Wellhuasen to work on the psychology of religion and sociology of religion.
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Fundamentalists
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responded negatively to Wellhausen's and William James' work.
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Chauncey, Charles and Jonathan Mayhew
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American liberals who founded Unitarianism.
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Arianism
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what liberal theology believes about Christ is similar to this.
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Gladden, Washington
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evangelical liberal
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Bushnell, Horace
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evangelical liberal - pastor theologian, whose view of the trinity was monarchianism

slow to recognize jesus' human nature, emphasizes more of his divinity, like Oriental Orthodox churches today
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Rauschenbusch, Walter
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evangelical liberal who stressed on the kingdom of God.
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Modalism
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a way of viewing the trinity coined by evangelical liberals in the 19th century which says

the trinity does not allow for distinctions between persons of the trinity except as temporal modes of expression
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Fosdick, Harry Emerson
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evangelical liberal - preached that liberalism should be tolerated within the church and preached against fundamentalism. paints fundamentalists as intolerant.

his sermon was really hot.
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Evangelical Liberalism
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An American movement which believed:

- historical and critical methods of study bible
- evolutionary hypothesis
- latest psychological theories, latest sociological theories, speculative philosophical discussions
- stressed the kingdom of God

many adherents are pastors who are concerned with their congregation
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William Newton Clarke
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evangelical liberal
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Sheldon, Charles Meridian
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evangelical liberal pastor who wrote the famous "in his steps."

spoke to social situations e.g. unemployment, unskilled labor,

catapulted the phrase " what would jesus do?"
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Ritschl, Albrecht
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German theologian who influenced Walter Rauschenbusch
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Smith, W. Robertson
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Professor who wrote articles in Encyclopedia Britannica who got in trouble because of his use of higher criticism. Got charged with heresy as a result
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Briggs, Charles A.
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Presbyterian who followed the trials against robertson smith/

professor at Union Theological seminary and began a journal called the Presbyterian Review

was big about the inerrancy of scripture
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Hodge, Charles
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professor who wrote for the Presbyterian Review. vouched for the inerrancy of the original documents of scripture. helped form the conservativism of Princeton Seminary.
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Warfield, Benjamin B.
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professor who wrote for the Presbyterian Review. but then founded another journal Presbyterian and reformed review.
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Scofield, C. I.
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came up with the scofield reference bible which divided the bible into different "dispensations"
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Simpson, A. B.
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founder of Christian and Missionary Alliance, American Bible School in NY, and Moody in 1886
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Torrey, R. A.
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followed A.B. Simpson as superintendent of MBI
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niagara creed
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a creed developed by conservative Christians who had articles of faith they wanted to commit to.
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the fundamentals
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doctrinal pamphlets that were published by Lyman and Milton Stewart
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Stewart, Lyman and Stewart
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two wealthy LA businessmen who published "the fundamentals" which were contributed by conservative scholars on the "fundamentals" of the faith and were distributied widely.
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Bryan, William Jennings
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fought against evangelical liberalism specially after world war 1.

proposed to prebyterian usa to not support any organization that supports darwinism or evolutionary hypothesis.

would continue to fight darwinism int he church, writing "The menace of Darwinism"
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Machen, J. Gresham
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big name theologian who argued for fundamentalism.
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scopes trial
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where John T Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in school

involved: william jennings bryan
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john t scopes
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high school biology teacher who went against Tennessee law by teaching evolution in class. would be eld up by trial.
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Darrow, Clarence
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attorney who defended john scopes
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