Christian faith as religion : a study in the theologies of calvin and schleiermacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capetz, Paul E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Essence, genius, nature--History of doctrines.

Christianity.

Christianity--Essence, genius, nature.

Physical Description:

pages ; cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2011.

Summary:

Christian Faith as Religion investigates the theologies of John Calvin and Friedrich Schleiermacher with respect to the questions: What is Religion? and What is Christian Religion? The author argues that the classical and liberal exemplars of Protestant theology are best compared when these two questions are thoroughly examined, and calls into question the contention of neo-orthodox theologians Karl Barth and Emil Brunner that Schleiermacher's theological use of the category "religion" signifies a departure from the tradition of the Reformation. He offers a revised comparative framework that discloses the material and formal similarities between Calvin and Schleiermacher with respect to their employment of the categories "religion" and "revelation" and allows the historical theologian to delineate the trajectory that accounts for both continuity and discontinuity in the transition from classical to modern Protestant theology. This allows the systematic-hermeneutical question of a contemporary Protestant theology informed by the historical and philosophical study of religion to be taken up anew. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Interpretation of Religion as a Problem in Protestant Theology 1

From the Reformation to the Enlightenment

The Neo-Orthodox Critique of Liberal Theology

Revising the Neo-Orthodox Historiography

The Historical Thesis and the Method

Chapter 2 Calvin's Interpretation of Religion 29

Defining "Piety" in an Age of Reform

The Religious Ideal of Human Existence

Pagan Testimonies to the Religious Character of Human Existence

Summary

Chapter 3 Calvin on the Christian Faith 71

The Reformation and the Question of True Religion

Faith and the Restoration of Piety

The History of True and False Religion

Chapter 4 Schleiermacher's Interpretation of Religion 109

Beyond Orthodoxy and Rationalism

The Young Schleiermacher: From Pietism to Romanticism

The Mature Schleiermacher: From the "Speeches" to the "Glaubenslehre"

Chapter 5 Schleiermacher on the Christian Faith 153

The Positivity of Religion

Identifying the Place of Christianity among the Religions

Christian Faith according to the Principles of the Protestant Church

Chapter 6 Christian Faith and Religion: From Calvin to Schleiermacher 197

The Comparison of Classical and Liberal Protestant Theology

What is Christian Faith?

What is Religion?

Conclusion.

ISBN:

1610971418

9781610971416

OCLC:

733230406

Publisher Number:

99945407441