Actually, there are a variety of religious positions, liberal as well as conservative. (religion-online.org)
Troeltsch saw Christianity as bound up with Western culture and thought it the best religious position for Westerners. (religion-online.org)
Thus it is understood that the men who hold religious positions in Islam, such as the Caliph or Imam, have no monopoly on thinking and understanding, nor are they immune from making errors, nor do they receive revelation or special inspiration. (religion-online.org)