Liberal theology may refer to
- Liberal Christianity also known as liberal theology, is an umbrella term covering diverse, philosophically and non-mystic biblical text belief within general Christianity that became more popular in the 20th century
- Liberal movements within Islam
- Liberal religion
Similarly the broad attributes liberal, liberation and modernism are also attached to political trends within religions:
- Christianity
- Liberation theology, a 20th century social theology, mostly Catholic
- Progressive Christianity, a 20th century theology of contemporary Protestant Christianity characterized by willingness to question tradition, acceptance of human diversity with a strong emphasis on social justice or care for the poor and the oppressed and environmental stewardship of the Earth.
- Roman Catholic Modernism, an early 20th century term, mostly used by Pope Pius X for declaring certain trends being heresies
- Postmodern Christianity, theology related to postmodern philosophy
- Judaism
- Liberal Judaism, a UK liberal movement
- Progressive Judaism, several liberal movements
- Reform Judaism, two movements, one from the UK, and one from Germany (notably in the US and Israel)
Famous quotes containing the words liberal and/or theology:
“God reigns ... when we take a liberal view,when a liberal view is presented to us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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