We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology

Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.

The faith of a church or of a nation is an adequate faith only when it inspires and enables people to give of their time and energy to shape the various institutions - social, economic, and political - of the common life.

L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism

I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.

We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology

Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.