New Posts For Thread: Liberal or Progressivehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_ProgressiveWhats the similarities and differences between Liberal Christianity and Progressive Christianity? Is one a subgroup of the other? Or are they just two names for the same movement? Thanks for your thoughts, and god bless!!!That's mostly how I think of it, too. Schleiermacher was one of the big influences of Paul Tillich, one of the truly great 20th-century theologians, and Tillich in turn influenced much of contemporary liberal theology, including the feminist theologihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_Progressive?post_id=480926845#480926845That's mostly how I think of it, too. Schleiermacher was one of the big influences of Paul Tillich, one of the truly great 20th-century theologians, and Tillich in turn influenced much of contemporary liberal theology, including the feminist theologiSat, 08 Jan 2011 20:19:10 -0600My somewhat random recollections about the terms liberal and progressive:I think of Liberal Christianity as a position developed in the mid-19th century by Friedrich Schleiermacher and Albrecht Ritschl (I hope I got the spelling right). Superficiallyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_Progressive?post_id=480868949#480868949My somewhat random recollections about the terms liberal and progressive:I think of Liberal Christianity as a position developed in the mid-19th century by Friedrich Schleiermacher and Albrecht Ritschl (I hope I got the spelling right). SuperficiallySat, 08 Jan 2011 10:55:50 -0600I've realized that I tend to think of my brand of Christian theology as "liberal," and the resulting brand of Christian praxis as "progressive" (although the theology and praxis aren't as necessarily as intertwined as it might seem sometimes), and fihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_Progressive?post_id=480862365#480862365I've realized that I tend to think of my brand of Christian theology as "liberal," and the resulting brand of Christian praxis as "progressive" (although the theology and praxis aren't as necessarily as intertwined as it might seem sometimes), and fiSat, 08 Jan 2011 09:46:18 -0600Interesting question for which I don't have a real answer. I don't believe I have actually heard the term Liberal Christianity, so I have looked up the terms. Maybe other Progressives can add more to answer your question.Liberal Christianity, somethttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_Progressive?post_id=472798833#472798833Interesting question for which I don't have a real answer. I don't believe I have actually heard the term Liberal Christianity, so I have looked up the terms. Maybe other Progressives can add more to answer your question.Liberal Christianity, sometWed, 03 Nov 2010 12:52:20 -0500Whats the similarities and differences between Liberal Christianity and Progressive Christianity? Is one a subgroup of the other? Or are they just two names for the same movement? Thanks for your thoughts, and god bless!!!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/26188441/Liberal_or_Progressive?post_id=472770789#472770789Whats the similarities and differences between Liberal Christianity and Progressive Christianity? Is one a subgroup of the other? Or are they just two names for the same movement? Thanks for your thoughts, and god bless!!!Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:21:14 -0500