Christianity and LiberalismPresents the issue of Christianity and Liberalism in such as way that the reader may be aided in deciding it for himself. The principal concern is to show that the liberal attempt at reconciling Christianity with modern science has really relinquished everything distinctive of Christianity, so that what remains in in essentials only that same indefinite type of religious aspiration which was in the world before Christianity came upon the scene. |
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User Review - Paul_Brunning - LibraryThingMachen's classic defense of orthodox Christianity establishes the importance of scripural doctrine and contrasts the teachings of liberalism and orthodoxy on God and man, the Bbible, Christ, salvation ... Read full review
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User Review - MarcusBastos - LibraryThingChistianity and Liberalism J. Gresham Machen The main points of the christian faith are clearly exposed by Gresham Machen in order to refute liberalism. This work, though written in 1923, anticipates ... Read full review
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| Title | Christianity and Liberalism |
| Author | John Gresham Machen |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1923 |
| Length | 189 pages |
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