Harry Emerson Fosdick | |
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Born | May 24, 1878 |
Died | October 5, 1969 Bronxville, New York, U.S.[2] |
Education | BA, Colgate University, 1900 studied at Colgate Seminary, 1900–1901 BD, Union Theological Seminary, 1904 MA, Columbia University, 1908[1] |
Occupation | Protestant Christian minister |
Spouse | Florence Allen Whitney[2] |
Children | Elinor Fosdick Downs, Dorothy Fosdick[2] |
Parent(s) | Frank Sheldon Fosdick, Amy Inez Fosdick[2] |
Church | Baptist[1] |
Ordained | November 18, 1903[2] |
Congregations served | First Baptist Church, Montclair, NJ, 1904–15 First Presbyterian Church ("Old First" of Manhattan), New York City, NY, 1918–25 Park Avenue Baptist Church/Riverside Church, New York City, NY, 1925–30/1930–46[1] |
Offices held | Pastor,[1] associate pastor[3] |
Harry Emerson Fosdick (May 24, 1878 – October 5, 1969) was an American pastor. Fosdick became a central figure in the fundamentalist–modernist controversy within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th century. Although a Baptist, he was called to serve as pastor, in New York City, at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan's West Village, and then at the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.[4][5][6]