Final Flashcards
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