RT Book
T1 Theology compromised: Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and the possibility of a sociological theology
A1 Robinson, Matthew Ryan 1982-
A1 Kuehn, Evan
LA English
PP Lanham Boulder New York London
PB Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1691437255
AB 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.
AB 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. --
NO Appendix includes English translation of "Schleiermacher, der Philosoph des Glaubens" (1910)
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 91-99
CN BT75.3
SN 9781978704084
SN 1978704089
K1 Schleiermacher, Friedrich : 1768-1834
K1 Troeltsch, Ernst : 1865-1923
K1 Joas, Hans : 1948-
K1 Luhmann, Niklas : 1927-1998
K1 Theology, Doctrinal : Social aspects
K1 Joas, Hans
K1 Luhmann, Niklas
K1 Schleiermacher, Friedrich
K1 Troeltsch, Ernst