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Weston, William J., 1960-

Presbyterian pluralism : competition in a Protestant house / William J. Weston. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1997. - xiv, 192 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-185) and index.

The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. before the Briggs case -- 1890s: the Briggs case and its aftermath -- 1900s: broadening the base -- 1910s: rhetorical fundamentalism -- 1920s: fundamentalists and modernists fight for the center -- 1929: the battle for Princeton Seminary -- 1930s: Machen and the conservative separation -- The liberal: Charles A. Briggs -- The conservative: J. Gresham Machen -- The loyalists: the special commission of 1925 -- Princeton and Union: the dialogue of pluralism -- Parties in the Presbyterian Church -- Competitive pluralism -- Presbyterian pluralism today: a postscript.

ISBN: 0870499823 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 96051236

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History--19th century.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History--20th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presbyterian Church--History--United States--19th century.
Presbyterian Church--History--United States--20th century.
Religious pluralism--Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Religious pluralism--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Church history--19th century.
United States--Church history--20th century.

LC Class. No.: BX8937 / .W47 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 285.132 / W528p