| Liberal Christianity |
Welcome to my Liberal Christianity section. Believe in God! Or not. Either is good. I am a liberal Christian, which means I get attacked by both New Atheists and fundamentalist Christians. Strangely enough, both groups find it difficult to understand how I can not believe that the Bible is the Inspired Word of God and still call myself a Christian. "How do you KNOW?" they ask.
In this section, I will add my thoughts about what I believe it means to be a liberal Christian. I'll also link to articles of interest on the question. Note that this is not a blog, so I don't expect to be updating this section very often.
Articles:
| Article
Name |
Comment |
| Answering the questions | My FAQ on Liberal Christianity, why I converted from agnosticism to Christianity, my views on the Bible, theodicy, ontology, epistomology, and other questions that frequently arise when discussing the existence of God. This will be updated as I think of things to put into it. |
| Is Liberal Christianity as irrational as
fundamentalism? |
From the FRDB debate forum. Debate between atheist TySixtus and myself. I describe Liberal Christianity, and attitudes towards commandments in the Old Testament. |
| The
future of Liberal Christianity |
Article
by Dr Donald E Miller, 1982. Dr. Miller is assistant professor of
sociology of religion at the University of Southern California. Extract: "The liberal Christian I have been describing will return to the wellsprings of religious experience. The new metaphysic to be generated by liberal Christians will flow out of their attempt to understand “the beyond” in their midst. Prayer and meditation will be valued as moments when one’s quietness allows for a voice other than one’s own to be heard." |
| Liberal
Christianity at the Crossroads |
A
series of articles by John B. Cobb, Jr., Ph.D, written in the 1990s.
Cobb Jr is Professor of Theology
Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California.
Extract: "We liberals have come down the road from historic Christianity progressively using up the capital of our heritage and doing little to replenish it. We have come more and more to mirror our culture, or certain strands within it, rather than to speak to it an effective word of judgment or healing. We do well to recognize that the liberal Christians of Germany became in the ‘30s the German Christians who could hail Hitler as a new savior." |
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