biography
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Fosdick, Harry Emerson
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also known as Henry (Emerson) Fosdick
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| male
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| (1878–1969)
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| biography:
| Protestant religious leader, born in Buffalo, New York, USA. He studied at Colgate University (1900) and the Union Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1903. As a professor at Union he opposed credal restrictions; he later helped lead liberal Protestant forces during the conflict with Fundamentalism in the 1920s. As pastor of the interdenominational Riverside Church in New York City (1925–46), he was the acknowledged spokesman for modern liberal Christianity, and he wrote, lectured, and broadcast widely. He published an autobiography, The Living of These Days, in 1956. |
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