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Title: Schleiermacher: On Religion : Speeches to its Cultured Despisers by Friedrich Schleiermacher, Richard Crouter ISBN: 0-521-47975-4 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It changed the landscape of Christianity
Comment: This book, written by Schleiermacher in 1799 at the height of his involvement with the early German Romantics, was considered one of the most provocative and intriguing reads of its day. It continues to be read today because it retains that provocative and intriguing character. In an attempt to respond to Enlightenment critiques of religion, Schleiermacher creates an entirely novel manner of thinking and speaking about religion. In this book it is possible to see the beginnings of his creative and controversial move to ground religion, not in metaphysics or morals, but rather in feeling (or what he later will call immediate self-consciousness). The ripples of this move are still apparent in Protestant theology today. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in tracing the development of modern theology back to its roots. The Crouter translation is particularly good, and it expertly renders the 18th-century language into fluid, clear prose.
Rating: 1
Summary: not worth reading
Comment: The author pathetically debates meaningless questions such as the "soul", etc. This work has no place in a truly educated person's library.
Rating: 3
Summary: The birth of liberal protestantism ...
Comment: ... This book is a must read in order to understand the birth of liberal Protestant theology. Schleiermacher is a brilliant reaction to Kant's rational religion, with his theology of experience. One should read this in order to make sure your theology has heart.
However, Schleiermacher's solutions are wanting. In the 4th speech, he proposes that true religion can be found in small groups that are led by folks who have a closer connection to the divine than the members. In other words, let's go gather ourselves around some guru. Schleiermacher does not intend this, but in principle this idea does not exclude cases like the Branch Davidians, Hitler, etc. The later Schleiermacher of the Glaubenslehre is more self-conscious about theology's need to be continuous with tradition, while moving forward.
Read this book, then go read Barth's Word of God and the Word of Man.
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Title: The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy) by Ludwig Feuerbach, George Eliot ISBN: 0879755598 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Christian Faith by Friedrich Schleiermacher, H. R. Mackintosh, J. S. Stewart, B. A. Gerrish ISBN: 0567087093 Publisher: T&t Clark Ltd Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Religion Within Limi by Immanuel Kant ISBN: 0061300675 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: June, 1960 List Price(USD): $15.50 |
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Title: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Lectures of 1827 by Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel, Peter C. Hodgson ISBN: 0520060202 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dogmatics in Outline by Karl Barth ISBN: 006130056X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: June, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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