{"product_id":"against-liberal-theology-putting-the-brakes-on-progressive-christianity-9780310139430","title":"Against Liberal Theology: Putting the Brakes on Progressive Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiberal Christian theology permeates mainlines denominations and progressive circles of the church to this day. But what is liberal theology? What are progressive Christians progressing toward, and what are they leaving behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAgainst Liberal Theology\u003c\/em\u003e, professor and theologian Roger E. Olson warns progressive and mainline Christians against passively accepting the ideas of liberal theology without thinking through the consequences. In doing so, he examines the basic beliefs of the Christian faith, the main ideas of liberal theology, the way today's mainline and progressive Christianity relates to classic liberalism, and how classic Christian faith and liberal Christianity connect and contradict. Following in the footsteps of Gresham Machen's now-classic \u003cem\u003eChristianity and Liberalism \u003c\/em\u003e100 years ago, Olson worries that liberal Christianity may not be Christianity but a different religion altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter examining the origins of liberal theology in the nineteenth century, Olson examines how liberal theology views: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources of truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesus Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSalvation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentle but direct, Olson provides an even-handed assessment and critique of the ideas of liberal theology and worries that liberal Christianity has strayed too far from the classic Christian orthodoxy of the fathers and creeds to be considered Christian at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zondervan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780310139430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roger E. Olson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132459847861,"sku":"9780310139430","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d18e5cc3-23d3-4b9b-b554-75e452dbf1c4.jpg?v=1652813326","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/against-liberal-theology-putting-the-brakes-on-progressive-christianity-9780310139430","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}