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)