Liberal Christianity

Linda Woodhead

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.84017-9

Liberal Christianity

Linda Woodhead^*

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Theology & Religious Studies

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Abstract

Liberal Christianity arose in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in response to the Enlightenment and modernism. The progressive force of liberal Christianity concerned itself with rationalism and individual liberty, in response to authoritarian fundamentalism and antimodernism. While earlier treatments argued that liberal Christianity was unsustainable, contemporary developments have shown that it remains a major feature of twenty-first century Christianity and that it enjoys considerable influence throughout the West.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	8-10
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.84017-9
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2015

Keywords

Christianity
Feminism
Liberal
Liberation theology
Modernity
Rationality
Religion
Sexuality

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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