Liberal Anglo-Catholicism
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The terms liberal Anglo-Catholicism and liberal Anglo-Catholic (also Liberal Catholic) refer to people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism that affirm liberal Christian perspectives while maintaining the traditions culturally associated with Anglo-Catholicism. The word "liberal" in this context refers to both theological and social liberalism.
Social and theological liberalism[edit]
The social liberalism of liberal Anglo-Catholics can be seen in an association with Christian Socialism.[1] With regard to Christian Socialism, Frederick Denison Maurice in 1849 said, "I seriously believe that Christianity is the only foundation of Socialism, and that a true Socialism is the necessary result of a sound Christianity."[2]
Generally, liberal Anglo-Catholics will be social justice-minded.[citation needed] Jonathan Daniels, a seminarian of the Episcopal Church in the United States who died during the African-American civil rights movement, is a modern martyr for liberal Anglo-Catholics.
Liberal Anglo-Catholics allow the entirety of modern knowledge and research to inform their use of reason.[citation needed] Science and religion, for instance, are held to be legitimate and different methodologies of revealing God's truth.[3] This also directly affects the liberal Anglo-Catholic's reading of scripture, church history and general methodology of theology. A metaphor is that theology for liberal Anglo-Catholics is a "dance" that allows people to slowly grow in an understanding of God.[4]
In the UK the Affirming Catholicism movement is a home to many liberal Anglican Catholics. Westcott House, Cambridge is a Church of England theological college in the tradition of Liberal Anglo-Catholicism.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ Socialism and Christianity, by Percy Dalmer, London, the Fabian Society, 1906.
- ^ Maurice, F. D., The Tracts on Christian Socialism, London 1849.
- ^ Muray, Leslie A., Liberal Protestantism and Religion, Greenwood, New York, 2007
- ^ Johnson, Jay Emerson. Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope. Moorehouse Publishing. New York. 2005.
- ^ Coles, Richard (2014). Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went From Pop to Pulpit. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297870302.
Westcott House, the Liberal Catholic theological college in Cambridge
- ^ Heck, Joel D. "“Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism” in Context" (pdf). Wheaton College. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
Westcott House reflects the liberal catholic position
