Theology as science in nineteenth-century Germany : from F.C. Baur to Ernst Troeltsch / Johannes Zachhuber.

This study describes the origin, development and crisis of the German 19th-century project of theology as science. Its narrative is focused on the two predominant theological schools during this period, the Tubingen School and the Ritschl School.

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Main Author: Zachhuber, Johannes
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. Ferdinand Christian Baur and the Tübingen School. F.C. Baur's two programmes of scientific theology
  • The origin of the two programmes
  • A science without presuppositions: David Strauss
  • Debating the nature of religion: Eduard Zeller
  • A manifesto of Tübingen orthodoxy: Adolf Hilgenfeld
  • pt. II. Albrecht Ritschl and the Ritschl School. Albrecht Ritschl on theology as science
  • Philosophical insights and influences
  • The kingdom of God
  • The end of the idealist programme
  • Conclusion.