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Liberal Theology
Liberal theology is a movement in Protestant theology, emerging in the nineteenth century, that treats modern reason, scholarship, and individual religious experience as important criteria for understanding the faith. Among Korean Protestant churches, the term is used chiefly as a critical label by conservatives.
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- Neo-OrthodoxyDoctrine & Theology
Neo-orthodoxy is a Protestant theological movement that arose in early twentieth-century Europe, centered on Karl Barth. In opposition to liberal theology, it sought to restore God's revelation and Word to the center of theology.
- FundamentalismDoctrine & Theology
Fundamentalism is a conservative theological movement that arose in early twentieth-century American Protestantism to defend biblical inerrancy and core doctrines against liberal theology; the term also denotes the theological position the movement represents.
- J. Gresham MachenPeople
John Gresham Machen (1881–1937) was an American Presbyterian New Testament scholar. He criticized liberal theology in *Christianity and Liberalism* and founded Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
- Friedrich SchleiermacherPeople
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher. He defined the essence of religion as "the feeling of absolute dependence" and is known as the "father of modern theology" and the "father of liberal theology."
- Adolf von HarnackPeople
Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian. The author of the *History of Dogma* and *What Is Christianity?*, he is regarded as a leading representative of liberal theology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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