Reclaiming Prophetic Witness Quotes

“A second characteristic of religious liberalism is a commitment to free religious inquiry. This commitment encourages religious liberals to exercise their own independent judgment in matters of faith. For liberals, religious authority is based on individual reason and experience rather than external sources such as scripture or the church. This means that no truth claim can be accepted simply because it is steeped in tradition or because the church”
― Paul B. Rasor, Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square

“All religious groups in the United States include significant numbers of liberals; indeed, most have a higher percentage of religious liberals than Christianity.”
― Paul B. Rasor, Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square

“This book aims, in part, to help reverse the lamentable public retreat of religious liberals in recent decades. Yet, religious liberalism on the whole in the United States is by no means diminishing. Recent studies indicate that approximately one in four Americans describe themselves as religious liberals, roughly the same number as those who describe themselves as religious conservatives—and some suggest that the number of religious liberals may be even higher. To make sense of the numbers, we need to define religious liberal. While there are many”
― Paul B. Rasor, Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square