British liberalism is founded in the battle for devout liberty. But in discarding Christianity,liberalism has gained ascendancy and lost itself in the process
• Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, or is former leader of the Liberal DemocratsWhen a liberal turns out to be an evangelical Christian,people are surprised or confused. If you are one of those who are surprised and confused, then you are a victim. A victim of liberalism’s comprehensive triumph – where the main loser has been … liberalism.
British liberalism is founded in the battle for devout liberty. The nonconformist, and evangelical Christian groups that were persecuted by a society that favoured adherence only to the established church built a liberal movement that championed much wider liberty,for women, for other devout minorities, and nonreligious minorities,for cultural and regional minorities, for the destitute and vulnerable.
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Source: guardian.co.uk