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The Father of Liberal Theology began a revolution. Not a revolution by way of activism or violence, but a revolution nonetheless.

The revolutionary address: On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers

Schleiermacher's goal was to make Christianity relevant, contemporary, and practical to the 19th century modern, enlightened, rational mind. The preservation of Christianity required re-imagination or re-conceiving. Any Christianity that is essentially cognitive, theological, doctrinal, or creedal must be rejected. If the creed gets in the way, bury the creed. The essence of Christianity is feeling or the conscious realization of relationship with "god."

Does this at all sound familiar? American Conservative Evangelicalism seems to be essentially Schleiermachian. How ironic? But I really can't point fingers. I want people to like me too.

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