American Religious Modernism

Who were the modernists in 1920s America?

Some Christians in 1920s USA were modernists who did not take all of the Bible literally.

What did modernists believe in the USA?

Religious modernists in 1920s America believed in Christianity, but didn't agree with the fundamentalist view.

• ❖ Modernists interpreted the Bible using modern scientific discoveries.
• ❖ They often still believed that God had created the world, but not in seven days, as described in the Bible.
• ❖ They accepted some of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution.