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Religious Liberalism: Study Questions
Q1 – What is religious
liberalism? When did it get started in
earnest?
Q2 – Is there a paradox in the liberal notion that
all truths (especially those that contradict each other) can be championed
equally at the same time. Consider The
United Church of Canada for example.
This denomination makes the doctrinal assertion: “Our society is multicultural, our world is
multifaith; our church community has varying theological perspectives within
it. Some make exclusive claims to
absolute truth and find in these claims authorization to do harm. Some regard
all truth as relative and are consequently complacent in the face of harm. While believing that our faith is grounded
in truth, our truth need not deny the truths of others’.” - Question of Truth, Faith Talk II,
January 2005.
Q3 – What Christian heresies
are typically associated in religious liberalism?
Q4 – What role did
Protestant Christians play in the secularization of nineteenth century Canadian
society?
Q6 – Most research into nineteenth century religious liberalism focuses on the temporal issues
at play in society; no one has asked the tough spiritual question - What was the source of burden for these
liberal Christian reformers?
Q7 – What scientific
theories that influenced religious liberalism in the nineteenth century are now
known to be false?
Q8 – What should be done
about self-proclaimed Christians who deny the divinity of Jesus Christ?
Q9 – Is it credible and
scriptural for theologians in the twenty-first century to claim more spiritually inspired wisdom on key issues of faith than the Apostle Paul? Q10 – What should be done about self-proclaimed Christians who proselytize Darwinian dogma over divine design, or who claim there is no conflict between Darwinian and Christian worldviews? |