![]() After a few changes of name, the society was known as The Modern Churchmen’s Union from 1928 to 1986. At the time both Evangelicalism and Anglo-Catholicism were becoming increasingly dogmatic in reaction against secular rationalism, which seemed a threat to religious belief. The society was founded in 1898 as the Churchmen's Union for the Advancement of Liberal Religious Thought as a society to defend the tolerant 'middle ground' within the Church of England. It expects to contribute to, and learn from, contemporary society in ways that are public, relevant and respectful. It values critical scholarship of the Bible and Christian history. Its style is open and enquiring, willing to dialogue with other traditions and accept new insights from unexpected sources. Understood like this, theological liberalism is opposed to dogmatism. human rationality and creativity are not contrasted with divine revelation, but are valued as means to receiving it. ![]()
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