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title: 'The Survival Value of Christianity'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Moffatt Mecklin'
date: 1926-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Creation and Evolution'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Apologetical Method'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Acts 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mecklin-1926-the-survival-value-of-christianity
---

# The Survival Value of Christianity

Mecklin critiques Fundamentalism’s drive to legislate orthodoxy—opposing evolution and modern culture—and traces its rural, reactionary roots, likening it to Klan-style coercion.

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