Question

Evangelical Protestants in the 1920s felt threatened by new social mores, scientific theories and philosophies, and immigration that challenged their world views. Identify the key beliefs, events, and people during this time.

Answer 1

Answer:

• Prohibition: rendered it illegal to drink, hold and serve alcohol.  
• Modernists: a Christian Radical who attempted to incorporate religion and science into secular society and adapt Christianity.  
• Fundamentalists: a Christian Radical who considered in the Bible's direct translation as the justification of Christian faith.
• Former pro baseball player and fundamentalist pastor Billy Sunday.  
• Harry Emerson Fosdick: Modernist Riverside Church Preacher from New York City.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

1. Key beliefs: There was the Modernist that believed a christian (protestant) should be able to combine both science and religion while there was the Fundamentalist that believed a christian (protestant) should decline and dispose all evolution theories according to Charles Darwin. Instead they should base their belief on the literal translation of the divine evolution of man in the bible.

2. Events: The sale and possession of alcohol became illegal and of course its consumption was prohibited.

3. People: Billy Sunday, Harry Emerson Fosdick, William Jennings Bryan