Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology - Religion and Cultural Synthesis in Wilhelmine Germany

Zusatztext ... a major contribution to the continuing scholarly interest in the early-twentieth-century theologian Ernst Troeltsch. Informationen zum Autor Mark L. Chapman is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Chair of the Department at Fordham University. Klappentext This book assesses the German liberal theological tradition in the early years of the twentieth century, concentrating in particular on the work of Ernst Troeltsch. It locates theology in its social and political context, and seeks to understand the period on its own terms and not through the distorting lens of the First World War. Zusammenfassung This book assesses the German liberal theological tradition in the early years of the twentieth century, concentrating in particular on the work of Ernst Troeltsch. It locates theology in its social and political context, and seeks to understand the period on its own terms and not through the distorting lens of the First World War.

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• Authors: Mark Chapman, Mark ( Chapman, Mark (Reader in Modern Theology Chapman, Mark D. Chapman, Mark L Chapman, Mark L. Chapman, Chapman Mark
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2001
• EAN: 9780199246823
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924682-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Christian Theology in Context; Christian Theology in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I