Swedish religion education: Objective but Marinated in Lutheran Protestantism? by Jenny Berglund

“…I also put Swedish religion education and Swedish educational system in a historical context, pointing to its relation to liberal theology and cultural Protestantism. In addition, I present how teacher education is organized for religion education teachers and how the academic Study of Religions has been an important part of this during recent decades. …”
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Escaping from the ghetto by Vincent Br�mmer

“…It is argued that natural theology fails to provide such proof and therefore cannot liberate theology from the intellectual ghetto of revealed theology. …”
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Is prophetic discourse adequate to address global economic justice? by Piet J. Naudé

“…The ‘preferential option for the poor’ in Latin American liberation theologies is treated as a case study of the influence of prophetic discourse in contexts of perceived economic injustice. …”
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Table of Contents, Vol. 12, Special Issue 1, Intersectional Methods and Moral Theology by Meghan J. Clark, Anna Kasafi Perkins, Emily Reimer-Barry

“…Scholars in moral theology, liberation theologies, feminist and womanist theologies, and decolonial theologies demonstrate how intersectional methods are employed in constructive theological discourse.…”
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The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and Social Ethics by Peter D. Langerman

“…The article briefly describes how the doctrine of justification and sanctification developed in various traditions and how it came to be seen in the liberal theological context of the late 19th century before a corrective in the middle of the 20th century. …”
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“God and the gods”: Faith and human-made idols in the theology of Karl Barth by I.W.C. van Wyk

“…His personal obedience to this commandment contributed to his realization that one cannot be comfortable with the Liberal theology of the early twentieth century and accept the theological thinking that supported National Socialism. …”
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A dialogue with Sen’s Theory of capabilities and its implications for our National Democratic Revolution by Vuyani Vellem

“…In ‘traditional’ liberation theological discourse, especially the Latin American strand, the concept of development, desarrollismo, that is developmentalism, has been severely critiqued. …”
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Then Solomon Took a Census of All the Aliens by Isaac Samuel Villegas

“…The Scriptures are not salvific on their own terms. A liberative theology begins with a political commitment of solidarity. …”
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Paul, a stranger in Africa? by Jeremy Punt

“…The apparent lack of use or deliberate ignoring of Paul in Black, African and Liberation Theologies on the continent in all its pluralist variety and richness is generally taken as testimony to the perceived strangeness of the apostle in Africa. …”
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Ambivalence and the unsettling aftershocks: Postcolonial perspectives on Vellem’s spirituality by Buhle Mpofu

“…Contribution: This contribution is a black liberation theological reflection, which laments how Vellem did not live to witness the full realisation of his dreams regarding the liberation of the black masses. …”
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Paul and love patriarchalism: Problems and prospects by K. Syreeni

“…The Troeltsch-Theissen concept has been criticised by feminist and liberation-theological scholars for its political conservatism. …”
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RASIONALISASI PEMIKIRAN MAULANA MUHAMMAD ALI TERHADAP AYAT-AYAT MUKJIZAT PARA NABI DALAM AL-QUR’AN (Studi Analisis Terjemahan The Holy Qur’an Karya Maulana Muhammad Ali) by Herfina Herfina, Lukman Nul Hakim, Erika Septiana

“…He understands miracle verses with rational liberal theology combined with understanding the verses of the Qur'an, science and references to the Bible. …”
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'Geen Fries spot met zijn land'. Nationalisme, ironie en het Oera Linda-boek by G. Jensma

“…It is an ambiguous literary text which can be read in two different ways: On the one hand as a nonsensical parody on the tradition of Friesian fantastic historiography, and on the other as a much more serious allegory of the nineteenth-century conflict between liberal theological modernism and orthodoxy. The attribution of this anonymous text to the Minister/ Poet François HaverSchmidt (1835-1894) subsequently shows how an ironic style of thinking and writing can be a by-product of modernisation. …”
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‘Retaining the Tradition – but with an Open Mind’ – Change and Choice in Jewish Musical Practices by Ruth Illman

“…The analysis highlights a visible trend among the interviewees of wanting to combine a radically liberal theology with an increasingly traditional practice. …”
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Radical orthodoxy and protestantism today: John Milbank in conversation by J. Milbank

“…If a great deal is mentioned about past thinkers and genealogies of the modern, it is not because RO thinkers suppose that this is at the heart of the modern, but rather because rival, liberal theological outlooks often, in part, depend, either openly or covertly, on stories about the past and the readings of some crucial thinkers. …”
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South African Reformed Baptists and contextualisation: Contemporary understanding, attitudes and praxis by John Koning, P.J. (Flip) Buys

“…Some conservative Baptists are suspicious of, or even critical of contextualisation, considering it a compromise with liberal theology. This article provides an overview of the findings of an empirical research that was done among a selected group of Reformed Baptist pastors as well as a selected group of ministers of the RCSA concerning their views on and practice of contextualisation. …”
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Lewi Pethrus romantiska ecklesiologi by Joel Halldorf

“…The investigation ends with a comparison which notes that romantic ideals were present in both liberal theology and the high church movement of the early 20th century. …”
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Womanist Theology by Diana L. Hayes

“…It is grounded in – but also is a critique of – the failings of Black (overtly male) and feminist (overtly white female) liberation theologies that preceded it. Womanist theology allows for a new epistemology that provides a new lens through which to review the historical experience of Black (African descended) women. …”
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Die resepsie van die Heidelbergse Kategismus (Sondag 17 en 22) insake die opstanding in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk sedert 2000 (Deel 2) by Johannes W. Hofmeyr

“…The first article focused on the reception of the HC in the time of Andrew Murray during the nineteenth century, and specifically against the background of the then liberal theology in both the Netherlands and South Africa. …”
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Problem Pluralisme Agama by Harda Armayanto

“…<p>As a part of liberal theology, the tenet of religious pluralism suggests tolerant systems toward all religious adherents. …”
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