The Fathers Refounded: Protestant Liberalism, Roman Catholic Modernism, and the Teaching of Ancient Christianity in Early Twentieth-Century A

by Elizabeth A. Clark

In the early twentieth century, a new generation of liberal professors sought to prove Christianity's compatibility with contemporary currents in the study of philosophy, science, history, and democracy. These modernizing professors--Arthur Cushman McGiffert at Union Theological Seminary, George LaPiana at Harvard Divinity School, and Shirley Jackson Case at the University of Chicago Divinity School--hoped to equip their students with a revisionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250710
• ISBN13: 9780812250718
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"