brothers gave the ministry little consideration. His older brother, Arthur, Jr., followed their father into law; and his younger brother, Thomas, became an architect. In addition, the culture in which Machen grew up did not make the ministry attractive to one with his academic instincts. Victorian culture made sharp distinctions between the intellect and the emotions, between materialism and idealism, and between science and faith.3 Because of its eternal, moral, and spiritual concerns, Christianity