Theology compromised: Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and the possibility of a sociological theology
Part I: Doing theology: a different theological history -- From Friedrich Schleiermacher to Friedrich Naumann: how systematic theology and social formation mutually respond to and produce one another -- Troeltsch on (concepts of) the church -- Troeltsch's theory of compromise -- Troeltsch and t...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Schleiermacher, Friedrich 1768-1834
/ Troeltsch, Ernst 1865-1923
/ Luhmann, Niklas 1927-1998
/ Theology
/ Research
/ Religious sociology
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Joas, Hans (1948-)
B Troeltsch, Ernst (1865-1923) B Joas, Hans B Schleiermacher, Friedrich B Schleiermacher, Friedrich (1768-1834) B Luhmann, Niklas (1927-1998) B Troeltsch, Ernst B Luhmann, Niklas B Theology, Doctrinal Social aspects |
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Table of Contents Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | Part I: Doing theology: a different theological history -- From Friedrich Schleiermacher to Friedrich Naumann: how systematic theology and social formation mutually respond to and produce one another -- Troeltsch on (concepts of) the church -- Troeltsch's theory of compromise -- Troeltsch and the politics of compromise -- Part II: Contemporary Models -- Hans Joas on Troeltsch, transcendence, and the formation of values -- Niklas Luhmann and religious community under conditions of modernity -- Conclusion. Theological work, whatever else it may be, is always a reflection on social transformations. Not only pastors but also theologians work with the sources of the Christian traditions in one hand and a newspaper in the other. But how are we to understand the relationship between social transformations and the continuously "compromised" development of Christian ideals, as these are measured by doctrinal formulations? And how might a more deeply sociological perspective on this relationship inform theological work? Matthew Ryan Robinson and Evan F. Kuehn approach this question, not by reconstructing a history of ideas, but rather by telling a story about the development of churches and theological institutions. They take the turbulent and dynamic ecclesiological situation of nineteenth-century Germany as a representative case, focusing on the sociological methodological orientation of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Ernst Troeltsch in the context of the rise of theological liberalism, the history of religions, and the German churches' confrontation with social and political challenges. Robinson and Kuehn then connect this orientation with the sociology of religion of Hans Joas and Niklas Luhmann, arguing for a functional focus in theological research on what doctrines do rather than what the reality behind or in any particular doctrine is. -- |
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| Item Description: | Appendix includes English translation of "Schleiermacher, der Philosoph des Glaubens" (1910) Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 91-99 |
| ISBN: | 1978704089 |