theological liberalism

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Theological liberalism is a modern Christian movement that reinterprets traditional doctrines in light of contemporary thought, science, and historical criticism, emphasizing ethical teachings and individual religious experience.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological movement
liberal theology
modern theology
associatedWith Protestant denominations
ecumenical movement
mainline Protestantism
criticizedBy conservative evangelicals
fundamentalism
neo-orthodoxy
developsDoctrineInLightOf contemporary culture
modern historical knowledge
modern scientific knowledge
emergedInCentury 19th century
emergedInRegion Europe
Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
emphasizes ethical teachings of Jesus
human dignity
human freedom
individual religious experience
moral transformation
reason in matters of faith
social ethics
hasAlternativeName liberal Christianity
liberal Protestantism
influenced liberation theology
process theology
Christian social gospel
surface form: social gospel movement
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy
surface form: Enlightenment thought

historical criticism
modern philosophy
romanticism
scientific developments
keyFigure Adolf von Harnack
Albrecht Ritschl
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Harry Emerson Fosdick
oftenQuestions literal interpretation of miracles
traditional doctrines of hell
oftenReinterprets Christology
atonement
original sin
reinterprets traditional Christian doctrines
tendsToAffirm compatibility of faith and science
openness to other faiths
religious pluralism
usesMethod biblical criticism
hermeneutics
historical-critical method
viewsScriptureAs fallible human witness to divine revelation
historically conditioned

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Fundamentalist–modernist controversy mainSubject theological liberalism
J. Gresham Machen notableWork theological liberalism
this entity surface form: Christianity and Liberalism
William Ellery Channing movement theological liberalism
this entity surface form: American liberal theology
Broad Church Anglicanism sharesFeatureWith theological liberalism
this entity surface form: liberal Protestantism