Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

About Harry Emerson Fosdick:


Harry Emerson Fosdick 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 a guest preacher 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.

Author Bio


  • NameHarry Emerson Fosdick
  • DescriptionAmerican pastor
  • BornMay 24, 1878
  • DiedOctober 5, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Theologian