Spirit of Liberality

George Newlands is Professor Emeritus of Divinity in the University of Glasgow and an Honorary Fellow in the University of Edinburgh. A Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh, he is a former Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Recent publications include Christ and Human Rights (2006) and Hospitable God (2010).

• PrefaceAbbreviations1 The Spirit, the Academy, and the Vertical City2 Faith after Faith-Perplexed and Unperplexed3 Luther's Ghost4 Humane Spirit5 Christianity and Culture6 Public Theology in Postfoundational Tradition7 John Macquarrie in Scotland8 John McIntyre and History9 Religion and Democracy10 Incarnation11 Adolf von Harnack12 Faith, Slavery, and Human Rights13 Affirmation Scotland, Gay Christians, and Equality14 In Church15 Christian Futures16 A Journey into TheologyAuthor Biography and BibliographyBibliographyIndex of Names

Liberal theology is not dead! In this outstanding series of essays, as well as giving a liberal meaning to the word liberal, the author shows that liberal thought has been present in theology throughout the ages, and that it is to be celebrated, not feared.