His brother, Raymond Fosdick, was essentially in charge of philanthropy for John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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Harry Emerson Fosdick ,( 1930 – 46 ), was the most prominent liberal Baptist minister of the early 20th Century.

A Protestant minister, Harry Emerson Fosdick, was listed because his books were " highly recommended by socialists and other radicals "

Harry Emerson Fosdick, who had been charged with heresy by opponents in the denomination, a case settled when Fosdick, a liberal Baptist, resigned his pulpit in the Presbyterian Church, which he had never joined.

He said the non-interventionists, without mentioning Harry Emerson Fosdick by name, seek to preserve the purity of their souls, either by denouncing military actions or by demanding that every action taken be unequivocally virtuous.

The celebrated author of juvenile adventure novels, Charles Austin Fosdick, better known by his pen name, Harry Castlemon, lived in Westfield for most of his adult life and is buried in the Westfield Cemetery.

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At least some of his books are characterized by harsh criticism of almost everyone involved in textual criticism, such as Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield ( 1851 – 1921 ), Archibald Thomas Robertson ( 1863 – 1934 ), Charles Haddon Spurgeon ( 1834 – 1892 ) with the likes of Julius Wellhausen ( 1844 – 1918 ) and Harry Emerson Fosdick ( 1878 – 1969 ).

'" Rice became a fierce opponent of the National Council of Churches, the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, and prominent liberal ministers, such as Harry Emerson Fosdick, Nels Ferré, and G. Bromley Oxnam.

Harry Emerson Fosdick ( May 24, 1878 – October 5, 1969 ) was an American pastor.

He was the nephew of Charles Austin Fosdick, a popular author of adventure books for boys who wrote under the pen name Harry Castlemon.

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* Harry Emerson Fosdick ( 1878 – 1969 ), a Northern Baptist, founding pastor of New York's Riverside Church in 1922.

The church was conceived by John D. Rockefeller and Harry Emerson Fosdick as a large, interdenominational church in a neighborhood important to the city, open to all who profess faith in Christ.

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six days after war was declared he appointed Raymond Fosdick chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities ( the CTCA ).

Fosdick insisted that a strong word was needed from Washington, and it was immediately forthcoming.

Both Baker and Fosdick knew that a substitute was necessary, that a verboten approach was not the real answer.

When Fosdick showed the letter to Baker his negative response was: `` For God's sake, Raymond, don't show this to the President or he'll stop the war ''.

Under Fosdick the first executive officer of the CTCA was Richard Byrd, whose name in later years was to become synonymous with activities at the polar antipodes.

Gould was personally parodied in the series as cartoonist " Lester Gooch "— the diminutive, much-harassed and occasionally deranged " creator " of Fosdick.

In 1952, Fosdick was the star of his own short-lived puppet show on NBC, featuring the Mary Chase marionettes.

Other highlights of that decade included the 1942 debut of Fearless Fosdick as Abner's " ideel " ( hero ); the 1946 Lena the Hyena Contest, in which a hideous Lower Slobbovian gal was ultimately revealed in the harrowing winning entry ( as judged by Frank Sinatra, Boris Karloff and Salvador Dalí ) drawn by noted cartoonist Basil Wolverton ; and an ill-fated Sunday parody of Gone With the Wind that aroused anger and legal threats from author Margaret Mitchell, and led to a printed apology within the strip.

Li ' l Abner also featured a comic strip-within-the-strip: Fearless Fosdick was a parody of Chester Gould's plainclothes detective, Dick Tracy.

Gould was also personally parodied in the series as cartoonist Lester Gooch — the diminutive, much-harassed and occasionally deranged " creator " of Fearless Fosdick.

The style of the Fosdick sequences closely mimicked Tracy, including the urban setting, the outrageous villains, the galloping mortality rate, the crosshatched shadows, the lettering style — even Gould's familiar signature was parodied in Fearless Fosdick.

Besides being fearless, Fosdick was " pure, underpaid and purposeful ," according to his creator.

) Pimpleton ( they've been engaged for 17 years ), but Fosdick was directly responsible for the unwitting marriage of his biggest fan, Li ' l Abner to Daisy Mae in 1952.

* Wildroot Cream-Oil: Fearless Fosdick was licensed for use in an advertising campaign for Wildroot Cream-Oil, a popular men's hair tonic.

* Fearless Fosdick, composed by Bill Holman, was recorded live in 1954 by Vic Lewis and his Orchestra, featuring Tubby Hayes.

" Shmoozer ," a talking shmoo with an anthropomorphic human body, was a recurring sidekick character on Fearless Fosdick, a short-lived puppet series that aired on NBC-TV in 1952.

Holt was the visual inspiration for Chester Gould's " Dick Tracy " and Al Capp's " Fearless Fosdick.

Tufts was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Leonard Tufts and Hepzebah Fosdick Tufts.

He was immediately hired as pastor of a Baptist church whose most famous member was John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who then funded the Riverside Church in Manhattan's Morningside Heights area overlooking the Hudson River, where Fosdick became pastor as soon as the doors opened in October 1930, prompting a Time Magazine cover story on October 6, 1930 ( pictured ).

Fosdick was an active member of the American Friends of the Middle East, a founder of the Committee for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land, and an active " anti-Zionist.