neoorthodoxy
/ˌniːoʊˈɔːrθədɑːksi/
noun
- A 20th-century movement in Protestant theology that emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the sinfulness of humanity, and the necessity of divine revelation, reacting against liberal theology.
- Many seminaries in the mid-1900s taught neoorthodoxy as a middle ground between fundamentalism and modernism.
- The professor's lecture on neoorthodoxy explained how Karl Barth rejected the idea that humans could find God through reason alone.
- Her paper argued that neoorthodoxy still influences contemporary Christian ethics, especially in discussions about social justice.
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