Brief on Liberal Views (MPhil & PhD)

Wales: trekearth

Preface

I am definitely and definitely, a biblical Christian of the Reformed, theological tradition and a moderate conservative. But I can acknowledge that good scholarship is good scholarship. Scholars that hold to liberal views can potentially, at least, document information accurately (As can conservatives and others).

Citations

MPhil, Bangor University, 2003: The Problem of Evil: Anglican and Baptist Perspectives 

Although I am conservative in theological position, one of the reasons I entered the University of Wales and the British academic system was because I realized there was liberal theology, and I needed to interact with that theology over time. One must be open minded in order to be scholarly, and realize that truth is truth, and whether written or spoken by a liberal of conservative, it does not matter. I firmly believe that one theological tradition does not contain all the answers, so within my text, most of my authors are conservative as they supported my ideas, but I did not hesitate to quote someone who may be liberal, if what they stated was valid and relevant to my work. Within my interviews and surveys I made no attempt to interact with conservatives only as I felt the liberal perspective could be valid and useful as well.

PhD, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, 2010: Theodicy and Practical Evil 

Again, this is not to indicate, in any way, that I wish to avoid intellectual challenges to Reformed theology as concepts from both conservative and liberal perspectives shall be reviewed and examined within this work. Christian scholars therefore, whether conservative or liberal, are left with looking at contextual, historical and methodological issues relating to Biblical interpretation, and attempting to reason out what Scripture is stating and related issues. Weber (1955)(1981: 169-331). Lindsell (1976: 200-211). The idea of the questionnaire was to sample the Christian Church overall, from both conservative and liberal traditions, and this does not include a large worldwide examination of the views of one particular Christian group or denomination. A large examination of one particular denomination or group would be beneficial in a narrow sense, but in this work I am looking for a wider perspective.

LINDSELL, HAROLD (1976) The Battle for the Bible, Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House. 

WEBER, OTTO (1955)(1981) Foundations of Dogmatics, Volumes 1 and 2, Translated and annotated by Darrell L. Guder, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.