Liberal Christianity

Criticisms of Liberal Christianity

Traditional Christians define Liberal Christianity as "A movement that seeks to retain religious and spiritual values of Christianity while discounting the infallible authority of the Bible. Its origins are in the German Enlightenment, notably in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and the religious views of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Liberals reject the stated authorship and historical accuracy of many books of the Bible. They are skeptical concerning many or all of the biblical miracles, preferring naturalistic explanations or viewing miracle accounts as legend or myth. They often deny or reinterpret in mythical terms such doctrines of orthodox Christianity as the virgin birth, atoning death, and even the resurrection of Jesus. Liberalism has been most influential in mainline Protestant denominations and is rejected in Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christianity." -Watchman Fellowship's 2001 Index of Cults and Religions. J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) argued in his book Christianity and Liberalism that thorough-going liberalism is an entirely different religion than the historic Christian faith, and so should not be called a form of Christianity.

Related Topics:
Immanuel Kant - Friedrich Schleiermacher - Resurrection of Jesus

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