The Presbyterian Controversy

"A thorough and accessible history of the topic."--Louisville Presbyterian Seminary"Longfield's excellent chronicle focuses on six major Presbyterian participants....This is an enormously illuminating book about major Presbyterian figures who had counterparts in other churches also torn by conflict."--Theological Studies"An outstanding history of the early 20th century conflict within the Presbyterian church. The work should be digested not only by historians of American religion, but by pastors and lay people with a genuine concern for the future of the Protestant mainline establishment."--Trinity Journal"A book long needed by historians of American religion....An important contribution."--Journal of Religion"Represents superb scholarship. His study not only clarifies the history of the conflict...but also contributes to an understanding of conflicts that have divided many American Protestant denominations since that time."--Choice"A thorough and accessible history of the topic."--Louisville Presbyterian Seminary"Longfield's excellent chronicle focuses on six major Presbyterian participants....This is an enormously illuminating book about major Presbyterian figures who had counterparts in other churches also torn by conflict."--Theological Studies"An outstanding history of the early 20th century conflict within the Presbyterian church. The work should be digested not only by historians of American religion, but by pastors and lay people with a genuine concern for the future of the Protestant mainline establishment."--Trinity Journal"A book long needed by historians of American religion....An important contribution."--Journal of Religion"Represents superb scholarship. His study not only clarifies the history of the conflict...but also contributes to an understanding of conflicts that have divided many American Protestant denominations since that time."--Choice"All serious students of the roots of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church--and of 20th-century American Presbyterianism in general--must read Bradley Longfield's fascinating volume."--New Horizons"A marvelous book and we are grateful."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography"Makes a unique contribution to this often-told story....Excellent, thought-provoking."--Theology Today"Longfield has arranged his material in an imaginative, insightful manner and cuts to the heart of the controversies over doctrinal standards and clerical ordination, the position of Princeton Seminary, and schismatic moves like the creation of a separate foreign mission board."--Christian Century"Longfield's scholarship is superb. This will be an important work in twentieth-century American Protestantism and a worthy volume in the new Religion in America series."--John Mulder, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary"This study adds to the list of good books published in recent years on the fundamentalist-modernist controversy of the 1920s. It takes all sides in the controversy seriously and treats them fairly."--American Historical Review"Masterfully written and abundantly documented and follows a helpful and interesting plan....The lessons so clearly taught and vividly illustrated in this fascinating book have never been more vitally important to the church."--Calvin Theological Journal"A fascinating picture of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America's inner turmoil during the early-1920's to mid-1930s....Longfield's volume is well crafted and belongs in the libraries of Presbyterian scholars."--Cumberland Bibliophile"Longfield makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Presbyterian controversy....Having thoroughly mastered the secondary, and a great deal of primary literature on the topic, Longfield puts forth insights that both build upon and cut across the findings of previous research. Thus he greatly increases our understanding of a complex phenomenon....The Presbyterian Controversy deserves to be seriously studied."--Seminary Studies"Contributes a fresh look at the conflict among Presbyterians during the early decades of this century."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"An excellent contribution to the understanding of culture and religion in early twentieth century America."--Reformed Theological Review"Well-Organized and clearly written. Admirable book...he successfully illumines the complexity of the controversy by concentrating upon a half dozen prominent church men."--Church History"Longfield has contributed in a number of important ways to a field that might be called the 'new denominational history'....His book would make important reading for students of American religious culture, as well as for scholars interested in the history of the Reformed tradition in America."--istory of Christianity