Reinventing Liberal Christianity

<DIV>In this provocative book Theo Hobson addresses the current crisis of liberal Christianity. In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. It played a major role in the founding of the United States and gave rise to the secular liberalism that we take for granted. But liberal Christianity today is widely dismissed as a watering-down of the faith and more conservative forms of Christianity are increasingly dominant. Can the liberal Christian tradition recover its influence?<br><br>Hobson puts forth a bold theory about why liberal Christianity collapsed and how it can be reinvented. He argues that a simple revival is not possible because liberal Christianity consists of two traditions -- a good tradition that must be salvaged and a bad tradition that must be repudiated. <I>Reinventing Liberal Christianity</I> untangles these two traditions with a fascinating survey of Christian thought from the Reformation to the present and further aims to transform liberal Christianity through the rediscovery of faith and ritual.</DIV>