02538nam 22006014a 450 991082106060332120240513023111.01-282-86785-797866128678590-567-05446-2(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 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)Liberalism (Religion)230.046Bradley Ian C1029542MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821060603321Grace, order, openness and diversity3997977UNINA