02599nam 22006134a 450 991045943490332120211005013810.01-282-86785-797866128678590-567-05446-2(CKB)2670000000055072(EBL)601650(OCoLC)676698619(SSID)ssj0000418890(PQKBManifestationID)11288508(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418890(PQKBWorkID)10382599(PQKB)11677518(MiAaPQ)EBC601650(Au-PeEL)EBL601650(CaPaEBR)ebr10427204(CaONFJC)MIL286785(OCoLC)893335056(MiAaPQ)EBC3003015(Au-PeEL)EBL3003015(OCoLC)928191557(EXLCZ)99267000000005507220100618d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGrace, order, openness and diversity[electronic resource] reclaiming liberal theology /Ian Bradley1st ed.London ;New York Continuum20101 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-26890-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.Defining liberal theology and charting its history -- The present predicament and the challenge to the liberal frame of mind -- Grace -- Order -- Openness -- Diversity -- Escaping from fundamentalism and living in God's hope.In this highly accessible, passionately argued and scholarly book, Ian Bradley presents fundamentalism, born a hundred years ago in the United States of America, as the great twentieth-century heresy and aberration. He identifies and seeks to reclaim for the twenty first century a liberal theological tradition existing in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the other major world faiths. This liberal heart is found in their scriptures and was often to the fore in their foundational stages but has more recently been overlaid with conservative reaction, fundamentalism and fear. He defines this liberLiberalism (Religion)Electronic books.Liberalism (Religion)230.046Bradley Ian C1029542MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459434903321Grace, order, openness and diversity2466739UNINA