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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Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
2019
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Appendix includes English translation of "Schleiermacher, der Philosoph des Glaubens" (1910) |
| Beschreibung: | xix, 139 Seiten Porträt |
| ISBN: | 9781978704084 978-1-9787-0408-4 |