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Vivian Phelips
b. 1860
A skeptical early-20th-century religious writer, he is best known for examining how modern science and biblical criticism challenged traditional Christian belief. His books take big questions about faith and reason and present them in a direct, argumentative style.
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About the author
Born in 1860 and recorded in library and authority catalogs as Vivian Phelips, he wrote a series of works on religion, doubt, and modern thought during the early decades of the twentieth century. Major titles associated with him include The Churches and Modern Thought, Modern Knowledge and Old Beliefs, and Concerning Progressive Revelation.
His best-known work, first published in the 1900s, explores why unbelief was growing and argues that churches needed to face new intellectual challenges honestly. The themes linked to his work place him among writers who addressed the tension between established Christian teaching and the scientific, historical, and critical scholarship of their time.
Available catalog records also identify him as having lived from 1860 to 1939. I could not reliably confirm enough personal biographical detail beyond his dates and writings to go further without guessing, so this overview stays focused on the books and ideas that can be verified.