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Modernism (Christian theology)

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• Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 19th century
• Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 20th century

• Modernist-fundamentalist controversy

• Modernism (Christian theology) -- Catholic Church
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- Church of England
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- Doctrines
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- France
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- Germany
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- India
• Modernism (Christian theology) -- Periodicals

• Modernism

• Modernism: Its Failure and Its Fruits (London and Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, Ltd., ca. 1918), by Maude Dominica Petre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Termites (Englewood, CO: Western Voice Publishers, c1940), by Harvey H. Springer, contrib. by Gerald B. Winrod (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medievalism; a reply to Cardinal Mercier (Longmans, Green, and co., 1909), by George Tyrrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new reformation and its relation to moral and social problems (S. Sonnenschein & co.:, 1893), by Ramsden Balmforth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The way of modernism & other essays. (At the University Press, 1927), by J. F. Bethune-Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• English modernism, its origin, methods, aims : being the William Belden Noble lectures delivered in Harvard university, 1925-1926 / by H. D. A. Major. (Harvard University Press, 1927), by H. D. A. Major (page images at HathiTrust)
• The survival value of Christianity (Harcourt, Brace, 1926), by John Moffatt Mecklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• What is modernism? / by Leighton Parks. (C. Scribner's, 1924), by Leighton Parks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modernism as a working faith / by W. Maurice Pryke. (W. Heffer, 1925), by William Maurice Pryke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fundamentalism versus modernism (The H. W. Wilson company, 1925), by Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protestant modernism in Holland (H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1924), by Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le modernisme dans la religion. (P. Lethielleux, 1907), by A. Chollet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Quelques lettres sur des questions actuelles et sur des événements récents (Chez l'auteur, 1908), by Alfred Loisy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Simples réflexions sur le décret du Saint-office Lamentabili sane exitu et sur l'encycliquePascendi dominici gregis. (Près Montier-en-Der (Haute-Marne) chez Pauteur, 1908), by Alfred Loisy and Catholic Church. Pope (1903-1914 : Pius X) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The God that answereth by fire (Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1917), by W. Lowndes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism : the Jowett lectures, 1908 (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908), by Paul Sabatier, Catholic Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii, and Catholic Church. Pope (1903-1914 : Pius X) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern criticism; or, The new theology. The battle of the critics ... (Trübner & co., 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The faith of modernism (The Macmillan company, 1924), by Shailer Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The faith of modernism. (AMS Press, 1969), by Shailer Mathews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The church and modern men (Longmans, Green, and co., 1907), by William Scott Palmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism. (Scribner, 1909), by Paul Sabatier, C. A. Miles, and Catholic Church. Pope (1903-1914 : Pius X) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A challenge to fundamentalism (Gem Publishing Company, 1926), by Matthew Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modernism in religion (Macmillan, 1922), by James Macbride Sterrett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Foundations; a statement of Christian belief in terms of modern thought (Macmillan, 1912), by Burnett Hillman Streeter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The church and the new knowledge (Longmans, Green, 1915), by Emma Marie Caillard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters to His Holiness, Pope Pius X (Open Court, 1910), by William L. Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern conflict over the Bible : Volume II. (Yonkers, N.Y. : Yonkers Book Co., [1919], 1919), by George Wilson McPherson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The diary of a modernist. (E. Arnold, 1910), by M. E. Dowson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Creeds or no creeds? A critical examination of the basis of modernism (E.P. Dutton & co, 1922), by Charles Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tatsachen; antwort auf uditore Heiners streitschrift ... (Coppenrath, 1911), by Adolf Ten Hompel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pragmatisme, modernisme, protestantisme. (Bloud, 1909), by Albert Leclère (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die moderne historische Denkweise und die christliche Theologie (A. Deichert, 1904), by Karl Girgensohn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Programm der italienischen modernisten; eine antwort auf die enzyklika Pascendi dominici gregis. (Diederichs, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Katholische Modernismus (Protestantischer Schriftenvertrieb, 1912), by Joseph Schnitzer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism in Italy, its origin, its incentive, its leaders, and its aims ... (Frowde, 1909), by Louis Henry Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foundations : a statement of Christian belief in terms of modern thought. (Macmillan and co., 1912), by W. H. Moberly, William Temple, R. G. Parsons, A. E. J. Rawlinson, R. Brook, N. S. Talbot, and Burnett Hillman Streeter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism and the Reformation. (F.H. Revell Co., 1914), by John Benjamin Rust (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Reality of the divine movement in Israel a study of the logical sequences of the divine consistency (W. Briggs, 1911), by G. Haughton Porter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Religion und ihr Recht gegenüber dem modernen Moralismus : Darstellung und Kritik der "ethischen Bewegung" unserer Zeit (C.E.M. Pfeffer (Robert Strider), 1891), by Martin Keibel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lamentabili sane exitu. (Chez l'Auteur, 1908), by Alfred Loisy and Catholic Church. Pope (1903-1914 : Pius X) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A free catholic church. (American Unitarian association, 1907), by J. M. Lloyd Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pragmatisme et modernisme (Alcan, 1909), by J. Bourdeau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Winds of doctrine studies in contemporary opinion (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1913), by George Santayana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il Cattolicismo e la filosofia a proposito dell'enciclica di Pio X de modernistarum doctrinis. (E. Loescher & c., 1908), by Nicolò R. d' Alfonso (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Protestant modernism. (G.P. Putnam, 1910), by David C. Torrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religion gegen Theologie und Kirche : Notruf eines Weltkindes (Alfred Töpelmann, 1905), by Eduard Platzhoff-Lejeune (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catholicism and independence being studies in spiritual liberty (Longmans, Green, 1907), by Maude Dominica Petre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Religionsproblemet inom katolicism och protestantism. (H. Geber, 1910), by Nathan Söderblom (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism according to the law of sensual impression and historical inspiration (Bandow Printing Company, 1910), by Arius Luther Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• The irrepressible conflict in religion (Dodge publishing company, 1925), by John Herman Randall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reason or faith--which shall prevail? (Haldeman-Julius Co., 1936), by Joseph McCabe, E. Haldeman-Julius, and Haldeman-Julius Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Foundations a statement of Christian belief in terms of modern thought: (Macmilllan, 1922), by Walter Hamilton Moberly, William Temple, R. G. Parsons, A. E. J. Rawlinson, Richard Brook, N. S. Talbot, and Burnett Hillman Streeter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Il modernismo e i rapporti tra religione e filosofia; saggi. (G. Laterza, 1909), by Giovanni Gentile (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A modernist and his creed (Houghton Mifflin company, 1926), by Edward Mortimer Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Het modernisme : een fata morgana op christelijk gebied ; lezing (Amsterdam : H. de Hoogh, 1871., 1871), by Abraham Kuyper and Abraham Kuyper Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eenvormigheid, de vloek van het moderne leven (Amsterdam : H. de Hoogh, [1869?], 1869), by Abraham Kuyper and Abraham Kuyper Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constructive modernism : positive factors in the sanest and strongest spiritual movement of the Christian Era (Emory University, GA : Banner Press, [1926], 1926), by Lawrence W. Neff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The reformed principle of authority : the Scripture principle of the reformation set forth in the light of our times (Grand Rapids, Mich. : The Reformed Press, 1924., 1924), by G. H. Hospers, Abraham Kuyper, and Abraham Kuyper Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modernist fundamentalism. (New York : [publisher not identified], [1926], 1926), by J. R. P. Sclater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentalism versus modernism : a layman's viewpoint (New York : The Century co., [1925], 1925), by James W. Johnson and Alumni Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mennonite church and modernism. (Scottdale, Pa. : Printed by Mennonite Publishing house, 1924., 1924), by John Horsch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentalists and modernists (Rock Island, Ill. : Augustana Book Concern, 1925., 1925), by C. J. Södergren (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modernism and the Christian church; three Farm street lectures, to which is added a chapter on the problem and the prospects of Christian reunion. (London ; New York : [publisher not identified], 1925., 1925), by Francis Woodlock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Mennonite church and current issues. (Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Publishing House, 1923., 1923), by Daniel Kauffman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protestant modernism in Holland. (London ; New York : [publisher not identified], 1924., 1924), by Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modernism and the person of Christ. (London : Robert Scott ; Milwaukee : Morehouse Publishing Co., 1923., 1923), by W. J. Sparrow-Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modernism and the Christian faith. (New York : [publisher not identified], [1921], 1921), by John Alfred Faulkner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old faith and new knowledge (New York ; London : Harper & brothers, 1928., 1928), by James H. Snowden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights, by William Hallock Johnson, contrib. by Francis L. Patton (Gutenberg ebook)

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