Liberal Theology

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 (1817–1862)

    A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)