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:
“The liberal wing of the feminist movement may have improved the lives of its middle- and upper-class constituency—indeed, 1992 was the Year of the White Middle Class Woman—but since the leadership of this faction of the feminist movement has singled out black men as the meta-enemy of women, these women represent one of the most serious threats to black male well-being since the Klan.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it’s not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ignorant of theology that somebody has to teach them the elementary texts before he can seduce them.”
—Paul Goodman (1911–1972)