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Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Published:
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781558965997
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book lays out the basic characteristics of liberal theology, delving into historical and philosophical sources as well as social and intellectual roots. Ideal for readers who want a better understanding of liberal theology, a religious tradition that is rooted not in authority but in one's own experience and conscience.
Author: Paul J. Weithman
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of papers makes a step towards increased dialogue among philosophical liberals and their theological, sociological and legal critics. The text should be significant for those concerned with the place of religion within a liberal society.
Author: Ross Douthat
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-04-16
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 143917833X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces the decline of Christianity in America since the 1950s, posing controversial arguments about the role of heresy in the nation's downfall while calling for a revival of traditional Christian practices.
Author: John Gresham Machen
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents the issue of Christianity and Liberalism in such as way that the reader may be aided in deciding it for himself. The principal concern is to show that the liberal attempt at reconciling Christianity with modern science has really relinquished everything distinctive of Christianity, so that what remains in in essentials only that same indefinite type of religious aspiration which was in the world before Christianity came upon the scene.
Author: John Horsch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020535406
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →John Horsch's thought-provoking book explores the role of liberalism in shaping modern religious thought and practice. With a focus on the Protestant tradition, Horsch offers a powerful critique of institutional religion and calls for a more personalized approach to spirituality. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of faith and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Mark D. Chapman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-22
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1351749536
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title was first published in 2002: Two hundred years after the publication of Schleiermacher's epoch-making Speeches, The Future of Liberal Theology presents a comprehensive and critical re-assessment of the past, present and future of the liberal tradition in Christian theology. In dialogue with the different forms of liberalism emerging from the Enlightenment, each of which is carefully defined, distinguished international theologians draw on a range of perspectives which represent the diversity of liberal theology. Discussing the criticisms of liberalism offered in the twentieth century, and engaging with contemporary theological debate which is often deeply hostile to liberalism, the conclusions offered for liberal theology range from the deeply pessimistic to the thoroughly optimistic. Students, clergy, and theological educators more broadly will value this critical reflection on the current state of theology and suggestions for its future course, together with the serious engagement with issues in theological education, which this book presents.
Author: Theo Hobson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2013-10-16
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0802868401
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. Today it is widely dismissed as a watering-down of the faith, and more conservative forms of Christianity are increasingly dominant. Can the liberal Christian tradition recover its influence? Hobson argues that a simple revival is not possible, because liberal Christianity consists of two traditions. He aims to transform liberal Christianity through the rediscovery of faith and ritual.
Author: Nancey Murphy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1996-10-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1563381761
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book clarifies differences between the intellectual positions of the so-called two-party system of liberals and conservatives in American Protestant Christianity. Nancey Murphy advances the thesis that the philosophy of the modern period is largely responsible for the polarity of Protestant Christian thought. A second thesis is that the modern philosophical positions driving the division between liberals and conservatives have themselves been called into question. This, then, presents the opportunity to ask how theology ought to be done in a postmodern era and to envision a rapprochement between theologians of the left and right. The book concludes by speculating on the future and the likelihood that the compulsion to separate into two distinct camps will be precluded by the coexistence of a wide range of theological positions from left to right.