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:''Not to be confused with the [[Christian left]].''

:''Not to be confused with the [[Christian left]].''

'''Liberal Christianity''' (also called '''[[Modernism|Theological Modernism]]''' or '''Progressive Christianity''') is a broad term which basically refers to a movement within American Protestant denominations to stress the social role of [[Christianity]], as in the [[Social Gospel]] of the early 20th century. This movement is characterized by a lack of emphasis on or denial of the plenary [[Biblical inerrancy|divine inspiration and authority of the Bible]], and commitment to [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] purity. Prevalent [[Bible|Biblical]] themes such as [[repentance]] from personal [[Morality|moral]] [[sin]], [[Hell]] and damnation for those who reject Christ, His blood atonement and His future literal reign are minimized, or militated against. In 1937, H. Richard Niebuhr summarized their basic gospel message as preaching that "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross."<ref>The Kingdom of God in America (1937), New York: Harper and Row, 1959, p. 193</ref><ref>http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=15-09-011-c</ref>   

'''Liberal Christianity''' (also called '''[[Modernism|Theological Modernism]]''' or '''Progressive Christianity''') is a broad term which basically refers to a movement within American Protestant denominations to stress the social role of [[Christianity]], as in the [[Social Gospel]] of the early 20th century. This movement is characterized by a lack of emphasis on or denial of the plenary [[Biblical inerrancy|divine inspiration and authority of the Bible]], and commitment to [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] purity. Prevalent [[Bible|Biblical]] themes such as [[repentance]] from personal [[Morality|moral]] [[sin]], [[Hell]] and damnation for those who reject [[Jesus Christ]], His blood atonement and His future literal reign are minimized, or militated against. In 1937, H. Richard Niebuhr summarized their basic gospel message as preaching that "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross."<ref>The Kingdom of God in America (1937), New York: Harper and Row, 1959, p. 193</ref><ref>http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=15-09-011-c</ref>   

Theologically, Liberal [[Christianity]] stresses a basic continuity between man and [[God]], emphasizing the [[immanence]] of God rather than His [[transcendence]]. It tends to see [[Religion|religious]] [[knowledge]] emerging from research and the use of [[reason]], as superior to Biblical [[revelation]]. Thus the [[liberal]] idea of religion as a personal relationship with God is one which is not necessarily bound to a Biblical doctrinal basis. This stands in in contrast to salvation resulting from faith in the Biblically substantiated gospel of grace, and in conformity with orthodox theological beliefs.  

Theologically, Liberal [[Christianity]] stresses a basic continuity between man and [[God]], emphasizing the [[immanence]] of God rather than His [[transcendence]]. It tends to see [[Religion|religious]] [[knowledge]] emerging from research and the use of [[reason]], as superior to Biblical [[revelation]]. Thus the [[liberal]] idea of religion as a personal relationship with God is one which is not necessarily bound to a Biblical doctrinal basis. This stands in in contrast to salvation resulting from faith in the Biblically substantiated gospel of grace, and in conformity with orthodox theological beliefs.