Machen's Hope

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mark A. Noll
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. The Early Life of J. Gresham Machen
          Family
          Home
          Church
          Congregation
2. Student Years in Baltimore and Princeton
          Johns Hopkins University
          The Religion of Daniel Coit Gilman
          Princeton Theological Seminary
          Princeton University
          The Religion of Woodrow Wilson
3. Student Year in Germany, 1905–1906
          The University of Marburg
                    Die Verbindung Franconia
                    Academic Life
                    Social Life
          The University of Göttingen
                    Die Verbindung Germania
                    Academic Life
                    Social Life
          The Universities of the United States
                    The Battle for Intellectual Independence
                    The Religious Situation
                    Machen’s Hope
4. Inner Doubts and Vocational Struggles
          The Impossibility of Entering the Ministry
          Familial Encouragement and Advice
          Persuading Parents of His Plan
          Confronting Fears and Maternal Opposition
          Faith, Facts, and Free Investigation
5. The Rise of New Princeton and Decline of Old Princeton
          The Triumph of the New Princeton
          The Eclipse of Old Princeton
          Life as an Instructor of New Testament
          Key Friends and Supporters
          Raising Standards at Princeton Seminary
6. Awakening to a Tremendous Defection
          A Deeper Intellectual Challenge: Lucius Miller
          The Collapsing Lines of Higher and Lower Criticism: Benjamin Warfield
          The Student Rebellion of 1909: William Armstrong
          A Good Old-Fashioned Fight: Harris Kirk
          The Divided Minds of 1910
                    Presbyterian Church USA
                    Princeton University
                    Reckonings Old and New
7. Scientific Preparation and Centennial Celebration
          The Scientific Preparation of the Minister
                    Three Ways of Relating Knowledge and Piety
                              Assimilation
                              Isolation
                              Consecration
                    Modernism
          Princeton Seminary’s Centennial Celebration
                    Supernatural Christianity
                    Francis Patton’s Titanic Struggle
                    Jesus and Paul
8. The Road to Ordination
          Broker within the Brotherhood
          Ecclesial Service
          Academic Politics
          Ordination
9. Wars and Rumors of War
          The European Front: Sympathy for the Unpopular Side
          The University Front: John Hibben’s Spiritual Philosophy
          The Emerging Fundamentalist-Modernist Front
          The Popular-Piety Front: Billy Sunday and Albert Fitch
          The Intellectual Front: History and Faith
10. The Battle Lines at Home and Abroad
          Standing in the Breach
          The Triumph of Religion
          The Blood of Martyrs
          The Roots of Religionism and Its Fruit at Princeton
          Civic Duty and Religious Work
11. The End and Beginning of War
          Postwar Perspectives
          A New Passion for a Good Church
          The Origin of Paul’s Religion
          The Battle is Now On
          The Death of Warfield
          Babylonian Captivity
12. Conclusion
          The Transformation of Machen’s Hope
          The Terms of Hope
                    Supernatural Christianity
                    Religion
                    A Phenomenon of History
          The Substance of Hope
          The Resurrection of Hope
          The Queen of the Sciences
Appendix: J. Gresham Machen, “The Universities of the United States”
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