Catholic Professor Presses Me on Liberal Protestantism

About this episode

Austin Suggs interviews Dr. Barnabas Aspray about the consistency of Liberal Protestantism in relation to the Reformation.

In this interview, I'm joined once again by my good friend, Dr. Barnabas Aspray. This time, we're picking up a conversation we've been having for sometime offline about whether liberal Protestantism is the most consistent form of Protestantism. In other words, does the Reformation naturally lead to Liberal Protestantism? Note, when we talk about Liberal Protestantism, we're not talking about the hot button issues of the 21st century, but more so the academics of the 19th and 20th century who...

People in this episode

Host: Austin Suggs

Guest: Dr. Barnabas Aspray

Topics covered

• Liberal Protestantism
• Protestantism
• Reformation
• 19th century
• 20th century
• Christianity

Keywords

• Liberal Protestantism
• Protestantism
• Reformation
• Christianity
• 19th century
• 20th century

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