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Schleiermacher on Religion and the Natural Order (Hardcover, New)
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Schleiermacher on Religion and the Natural Order (Hardcover, New)
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Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is sometimes referred to as
the ''father of liberal Protestant theology, '' largely on the
strength of his massive work of systematic theology, The Christian
Faith. It is generally recognized that Schleiermacher grounded his
theological work in an innovative and historically important
understanding of religion in general, and that the influence of his
thought about religion has extended beyond the boundaries of
theology.
In Schleiermacher on Religion and the Natural Order, Andrew Dole
presents a new account of Schleiermacher's theory of religion. His
purpose is to challenge a deeply entrenched tradition that
characterizes Schleiermacher's account of religion as
''subjective'' or ''individualistic.'' While many scholars view
Schleiermacher primarily as a theorist of "religious experience,"
Dole argues that Schleiermacher integrates the individualistic side
of religion with a set of claims about its social dynamics, and
that this takes place within a broader understanding of all events
in the world as the product of a universal, law-governed ''causal
nexus.'' Schleiermacher argued that religion emerges out of the
interactions of cause and effect that constitute the 'natural
order'-or Naturzusammenhang-and is thus to be understood as
naturally caused.
Properly understood, says Dole, Schleiermacher's account of
religion is an early and important example of a combination of
theology and the ''scientific'' study of religion. Dole focuses
particularly on Schleiermacher's lectures in ethics at Halle and
Berlin, wherein he developed an understanding of religion as a
process of the social formation of feeling, and also investigates
the relationship between this account of religion and
Schleiermacher's theological account of Christianity in The
Christian Faith. By calling attention to this under-discussed
aspect of Schleiermacher's work, Dole hopes to correct the
historical record and stimulate interest in Schleiermacher outside
the field of theological studies.
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