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How might an understanding of the relationship between social transformations and the development of Christian ideals inform new theological work? Reflecting on this question, Robinson and Kuehn examine the works of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Ernst Troeltsch in relation to church institutions in Germany in the nineteenth century.
List of contents
Part I - Doing Theology: A Different Theological History
Chapter 1 - From Friedrich Schleiermacher to Friedrich Naumann: How Systematic Theology and Social Formation Mutually Respond to and Produce One Another
Chapter 2 - Troeltsch on (Concepts of) the Church
Chapter 3 - Troeltsch's Theory of Compromise
Chapter 4 - Troeltsch and the Politics of Compromise
Part II - Contemporary Models
Chapter 5 - Hans Joas on Troeltsch, Transcendence, and the Formation of Values
Chapter 6 - Niklas Luhmann and Religious Community under Conditions of Modernity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix - Translation
Translator's Note
Foreword to the Book Schleiermacher, Philosopher of (the) Faith, by Friedrich Naumann
"Schleiermacher and the Church," by Ernst Troeltsch
About the author
Matthew Ryan Robinson is a research associate in the Protestant Theological Faculty of Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.Evan F. Kuehn is theological librarian and adjunct lecturer in philosophy at Trinity International University.
Summary
How might an understanding of the relationship between social transformations and the development of Christian ideals inform new theological work? Reflecting on this question, Robinson and Kuehn examine the works of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Ernst Troeltsch in relation to church institutions in Germany in the nineteenth century.
