"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
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