Liberal theology

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[edit] Liberal theology

The practical philosophy stance, liberal theology most accurately refer to

• Liberal Christianity, a movement originating in the 19th century

or, using similar reasoning methods:

• Liberal movements within Islam

[edit] Religious Libertinism and Modernism

Similarly the broad attributes liberal, liberation and modernism are also attached to political trends within religions:

[edit] Christianity

• Liberation theology, a 20th century social theology, mostly Catholic
• 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Other Faiths

• Liberal religion, evident in Unitarian and Universalist denominations