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these first two links don't need to be external
from orthodox tenets or established authorities
in political or religious matters,
in contrast to [[w:conservatism|conservatism]] and/or [[w:communitarianism|communitarianism]].
# One usage of the term is for a tradition of thought that tries to circumscribe the limits of political power, and to define inalienable individual rights. This is the most common usage outside of the [[United States]].<br>''See: [[w:classical liberalism|classical liberalism]] or [[w:libertarianism|libertarianism]].''
# A limited usage is to denote the tradition shared by authors like [[w:John Locke|John Locke]] or [[w:John Stuart Mill|John Stuart Mill]], up to the mid 19th century.
# Some commentators try to distinguish in the "liberal philosophy" (which meaning between 1, 3, or 4 remaining unspecified) a "political liberalism" from an "economic liberalism". These dichotomies perhaps reflect more about the ideology of those who make such a dichotomy, than about the ideology of anyone else.
# In addition to the political usages above, the term "liberal" is also used in [[w:theology|theology]] to refer to people who hold to views which depart from their religion's [[w:orthodoxy|orthodoxy]].<br>''See: [[Religious Right]], [[w:liberal theology|liberal theology]], [[w:Modernism (Roman Catholicism)|Modernism in the Roman Catholicism)]].''
The term '''liberalism''' is also used for a major theory of [[w:international relations|international relations]].
==See also==
*[[Compassionate Conservatism]]
== External links and references ==
*This article uses material from the [[Wikipedia]] article on [[w:Liberalism|Liberalism]].
* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberalism/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Liberalism], by Gerald F. Gaus
