Liberal Religion

Emanuel de Kadt is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University, Netherlands. He continues to do some teaching there on religion and society, and has previously written a book on religion in culture entitled Assertive Religion (2013).

• Part I: The general background 1 The Broader Context of Liberal Religion Part II: The Abrahamic Religions 2 Liberal Judaism 3 Liberal Protestantism 4 Liberalism in the Roman Catholic Church 5 Liberal Islam 6 Conclusion

'By far the most thorough examination to date of an essential aspect of religious life in late modernity, this book does an excellent job exploring the evolution of liberalism in the three major Abrahamic religions. The range, insights and dramatic interest of Emanuel de Kadt’s survey make it truly an intellectual pleasure to read. Comparisons between Judaism, Christianity (with separate chapters on Protestantism and Catholicism), and Islam powerfully illustrate how modernity and post-modernism have affected religiosity, the emphasis on individual authenticity, views on revelation and scripture, identity formation, humanism and more.' – Kathleen M. Moore, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA"It is a convenient introduction to an understudied subject. (...) The breadth of de Kadt’s book will mean that it could even be helpful to specialists in religion who are interested in traditions beyond their own areas of expertise." - Isaac Barnes May, University of Virginia, USA