A Prince of the Church: Schleiermacher and the Beginnings of Modern Theology
by B. A. Gerrish
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Although Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is commonly regarded as the father of modern theology, many contemporary Christians think of him only as a difficult and outmoded German theologian. With this work, B.A. Gerrish offers a fresh view of Schleiermacher that breaks through the stereotypes and places Schleiermacher's work as a theologian into a broader context. Gerrish examines the elements of Schleiermacher's twofold theology - a specifically Christian relationship with Christ and a show more universally human consciousness of God - in the hope that this view of Schleiermacher's theological enterprise will lead contemporary Christians to reappraise him as a church theologian in the legitimate succession of Luther and Calvin. show lessTags
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B. A. Gerrish is John Nuveen Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His other books include Tradition and the Modern World: Reformed Theology in the Nineteenth Century and Grace and Gratitude: The Eucharistic Theology of John Calvin.
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
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- 230.044 — Religion Christianity Christianity Doctrinal Dogmatics - Theology Specific types of Christian theology Protestant theology
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- BX4827 .S3 .G47 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Protestantism General
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