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Theology Compromised
Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and the Possibility of a Sociological Theology
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2019
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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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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0408-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0409-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
139
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Preface No access
Introduction No access
Chapter One: From Friedrich Schleiermacher to Friedrich Naumann No access
Chapter Two: Troeltsch on (Concepts of) the Church No access
Chapter Three: Troeltsch’s Theory of Compromise No access
Chapter Four: Troeltsch and the Politics of Compromise No access
Chapter Five: Hans Joas on Troeltsch, Transcendence, and the Formation of Values No access
Chapter Six: Niklas Luhmann and Religious Community under Conditions of Modernity No access
