Liberal theology

Liberal theology

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Liberal theology

The practical philosophy stance, liberal theology most accurately refer to
*Liberal Christianity, a movement originating in the 19th centuryor, using similar reasoning methods:
*Liberal movements within Islam

Religious Libertinism and Modernism

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
*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)

Other Faiths

*Liberal religion, evident in Unitarian and Universalist denominations


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