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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Frontlist Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Clark, Elizabeth A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Roman Catholic Modernism and Protestant Liberalism
• Part I. Arthur Cushman McGiffert and Union Theological Seminary
• Chapter 2. McGiffert’s Life and Writings
• Chapter 3. McGiffert’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches
• Chapter 4. McGiffert’s Teaching of Early Christianity
• Part II. George LaPiana and Harvard Divinity School
• Chapter 5. LaPiana’s Life and Writings
• Chapter 6. LaPiana’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches
• Chapter 7. LaPiana’s Teaching of Early Christianity
• Part III. Shirley Jackson Case and the University of Chicago Divinity School
• Chapter 8. Case’s Life and Writings
• Chapter 9. Case’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches
• Chapter 10. Case’s Teaching of Early Christianity
• Conclusion
• Archival Sources and List of Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments