Schleiermachers Kurze Darstellung, ahnlich wie die Glaubenslehre in zwei verschiedenen Auflagen in den Jahren 1811 und 1830 erschienen, fasst seine "ganze dermalige Ansicht des theologischen Studiums" zusammen. Sie entfaltet in den vier grossen Teilen (Einleitung, Philosophische, Historische und Praktische Theologie) Schleiermachers Gesamtverstandnis von Theologie als einer universitaren Wissenschaft einschliesslich ihrer Teildisziplinen. Sie tut dies, indem sie die Aufgaben der Theologie im Ganzen wie ihrer einzelnen Teile formal bestimmt und so einen gewichtigen Beitrag zur theologischen Enzyklopadie leistet. Die Kurze Darstellung zeigt Schleiermachers grosse systematische Kraft und ist fur das Studium seines Theologieverstandnisses grundlegend. Die hier vorgelegte Studienausgabe in der Reihe de Gruyter Texte erfolgt auf der Grundlage der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe (KGA I/6). Deren Seiten- und Zeilenzahlung ist mit abgedruckt, so dass eine Zitation nach KGA moeglich ist. Der Band wird von einer ausfuhrlichen Einleitung von Dirk Schmid, dem Herausgeber von KGAI/6 eroeffnet.

This volume contains Schleiermacher's 1817 monograph about the Gospel of Luke as well as his essays about Colossians 1,15-20 and those about the testimony of Papias to the first two gospels of 1832 in a critical edition. Indexes of names, references and subjects are included.

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834) was, in Berlin, an eminent preacher, professor, and member of the academy. He displayed an influential theological and philosophical position between enlightenment, German idealism, and romanticism. The historical-critical edition of Schleiermacher's complete works, his unpublished writings and correspondence, published since 1980, has been divided into the following five sections: I. Writings and Drafts II. Lectures III. Sermons IV. Translations V. Correspondence and Biographical Documents The first editorial section, Writings and Drafts, includes all of Schleiermacher's writings which were printed during his lifetime except those which belong to the editorial sections III and IV. It also includes manuscripts either relating to these printed works or to drafts which do not belong to other editorial sections. In 2003, the final two text volumes (vols. 13 and 14) appeared. In 2005, the index volume with some addenda was published. The second editorial section, Lectures, contains all the material regarding Schleiermacher's extentsive lecturing both in Theological and Philosophical Faculties. Additional material is also drawn from notes made in his lecture by his students. (The Berlin Research Centre has been carrying out the editorial work on this section since 1989.) The third section, Sermons, includes all of Schleiermacher's published sermons authorised by himself, as well as his own handwritten drafts and records by listeners where the original text has not been preserved. (The Kiel Research Centre has been working on this section between 2003 and 2017.) This edition of Schleiermacher's sermons consist of a total of 14 volumes of approximately 600 pages each, plus an index volume. The forth section, Translations, has two main components. Schleiermacher translated Hugh Blair's and Joseph Fawcett's sermons (as well as parts of Mungo Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa) from English into German (volumes 1 and 2). Further this sections will contain Schleiermacher's translation of Platon from Greek into German (beginning with volume 3). Section V. includes the letters from and to Schleiermacher, as well as bibliographical documents. The work on this section started in 1979 in the Schleiermacher Research Center Berlin. So far (May 2020), 13 volumes have been published, documenting letters until December 1816.

The fascinating connection between the spirit and the letter has had a deep impact on the work of theological scholarship. In this volume, 26 experts examine the connection of spirit and letter by means of examples from the perspectives of philology, hermeneutics, philosophy, theological history, and practical theology. From this multi-disciplinary view, a picture emerges of a dynamic fraught with crisis, with which the specific consciousness of each era interpreted and transformed a unique religious tradition.