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In terms of economics, liberal Christianity emphasizes Testament [[eschatology]] towards the [[Kingdom of God]] into the liberal "law of progress."  History does indeed show a growing maturity in technology, thought, and social relations, but conservatives argue there is nothing within the forces of history to suggest that good will triumph over evil. Conservatives say liberals deemphasize [[sin]], i.e. evil triumphing over good.<ref>''Basic idea for this paragraph is from'' April 26, 1939 ''The Christian Century'', Reinhold Niebuhr, "Ten Years That Shook My World", pages 542-546</ref>  

In terms of economics, liberal Christianity emphasizes Testament [[eschatology]] towards the [[Kingdom of God]] into the liberal "law of progress."  History does indeed show a growing maturity in technology, thought, and social relations, but conservatives argue there is nothing within the forces of history to suggest that good will triumph over evil. Conservatives say liberals deemphasize [[sin]], i.e. evil triumphing over good.<ref>''Basic idea for this paragraph is from'' April 26, 1939 ''The Christian Century'', Reinhold Niebuhr, "Ten Years That Shook My World", pages 542-546</ref>  

The Liberal Christian scholar Edgar S. Brightman said, "I believe in God because I believe that history represents a steady, moral progress."  This was turned around by the [[neo-orthodoxy|neo-orthodox]] scholar Langdon Gilkey when he stated "I believe in God because to me history precisely does not represent such a progress."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3049-2004Nov21.html Washingtonpost Obit of Langdon Gilkey]</ref>  

The Liberal Christian scholar Edgar S. Brightman said, "I believe in God because I believe that history represents a steady, moral progress."  This was turned around by the [[neo-orthodoxy|neo-orthodox]] scholar Langdon Gilkey when he stated "I believe in God because to me history precisely does not represent such a progress."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3049-2004Nov21.html Washingtonpost Obit of Langdon Gilkey]</ref>  

===Liberal Christianity's Anti-Zionism===

===Liberal Christianity's Anti-Zionism===

Strong elements in liberal Christianity have opposed [[Zionism]] since 1920, while at the same time combating intolerance and social hostility toward Jews inside the United States.  Support for Zionism is a core belief of [[Fundamentalism]].

Strong elements in liberal Christianity have opposed [[Zionism]] since 1920, while at the same time combating intolerance and social hostility toward Jews inside the United States.  Support for Zionism is a core belief of [[Fundamentalism]].

In ''American Protestantism and a Jewish State'' (1973) an Israeli government official [[Hertzel Fishman]] analyzed several years (1937-1967) worth of ''[[Christian Century]]'' and concluded that the magazine consistently and historically opposed a Jewish State in Palestine, obstructed immigration of Jewish refugees, minimized the Holocaust, tried to reduce Israel's boundaries and supported Arab 'rights'." Although Dr. Fishman found instances of the magazine denouncing individual acts of anti-semitism, he found that the magazine was consistent in its intolerance and opposition to collective acts of a Jewish "peoplehood."<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=-BPjHQAACAAJ David A. Rausch, ''Zionism Within Early American Fundamentalism 1878-1918: A Convergence of Two Traditions'' (1979) pp 23-25 ]</ref>

In ''American Protestantism and a Jewish State'' (1973) an Israeli government official [[Hertzel Fishman]] analyzed several years (1937-1967) worth of ''[[Christian Century]]'' and concluded that the magazine consistently and historically opposed a Jewish State in Palestine, obstructed immigration of Jewish refugees, minimized the Holocaust, tried to reduce Israel's boundaries and supported Arab 'rights'." Although Dr. Fishman found instances of the magazine denouncing individual acts of anti-semitism, he found that the magazine was consistent in its intolerance and opposition to collective acts of a Jewish "peoplehood."<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-BPjHQAACAAJ David A. Rausch, ''Zionism Within Early American Fundamentalism 1878-1918: A Convergence of Two Traditions'' (1979) pp 23-25 ]</ref>

===Liberal Christianity and Christian witness===

===Liberal Christianity and Christian witness===