Reconceiving Theology after the Anthropological Turn : The Doctrine of God in Friedrich Schleiermacher's the Christian Faith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Logan.

Series:

T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

This book reconstructs Schleiermacher's distinctive approach to theological speech about the divine by examining the implications of the Anthropological Turn for theological speech and then tracing Schleiermacher's methodological proposal.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Contents

Summary

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Contextualizing Schleiermacher's Doctrine of God

1.1 Kant and the Limits of Reason

1.1.1 The Precritical Kant

1.1.2 Kant's Arguments Against the "Proofs" of God's Existence

1.1.2.1 The Antinomy of Pure Reason

1.1.2.2 The Outcome of Kant's Argument

1.2 The Concept of God in the Perspective of Practical Reason

1.2.1 The Antinomy of Practical Reason

1.2.2 The Resolution of the Antinomy

1.2.3 Practical and Theoretical Reason

1.2.4 The Postulates of Practical Reason

1.2.5 The Status of the Postulate of God

1.2.6 Conclusions

Chapter 2 Schleiermacher's Method: Criticisms and Misunderstandings

2.1 Andrew Dole's Naturalizing Interpretation

2.1.1 Religious Naturalism Defined

2.1.2 A Problem of Method in Dole's Interpretation of the Glaubenslehre

2.1.3 Interpretive Difficulties for Dole's Perspective

2.1.3.1 Freedom and Naturalism in Schleiermacher

2.1.3.2 " Fr ö mmigkeit " as Distinct from " Religion "?

2.1.3.3 The Appearance of the Redeemer in History

2.1.4 Conclusion: Dole on Schleiermacher's Theological Method

2.2 God as Disclosed in Feeling(s)?

2.2.1 The Barthian Criticism in Brief

2.2.2 Distinct Levels of Analysis in Schleiermacher's Theological Method

Chapter 3 Schleiermacher's Theological Method

3.1 Schleiermacher's Analysis of Self-Consciousness

3.1.1 The Argumentation of the First Edition

3.1.2 The Revised Argument of the Second Edition

3.1.2.1 The Revised Argument: Step One

3.1.2.2 The Revised Argument: Step Two

3.1.2.3 The Revised Argument: Step Three

3.2 The Particular Essence of Christian Piety

3.3 The "Twofold Method"

3.4 The Doctrine of God in the Introduction.

Chapter 4 The Doctrine of God in the First Part of the Material Dogmatics

4.1 The Dogmatic Material Derived from Pious Self-Consciousness

4.2 The Traditional "Three Paths" of Predicating Divine Attributes

4.2.1 Divine "Attributes" and the Pious Self-Consciousness

4.2.2 Three Distinct Paths of Speaking About God

4.3 The Divine Attributes

4.3.1 "Positive" and "Negative" Attributes

4.3.2 The Relevant Divine Attributes Enumerated

4.3.3 Eternity, Omnipresence, Omnipotence, and Omniscience

4.4 The Doctrine of God in the First Part

4.4.1 Positive or Negative Attributes?

4.4.2 God in Godself?

Chapter 5 The Doctrine of God as Given in the Consciousness of Sin and Grace

5.1 The Doctrine of God as Given in the Consciousness of Sin

5.1.1 The Nature of Sin and Evil in the CG

5.1.2 The Divine Attributes Related to the Consciousness of Sin

5.1.2.1 Holy

5.1.2.2 Just

5.2 The Doctrine of God as Given in the Consciousness of Grace

5.2.1 The Definition of Love and Wisdom

5.2.2 Divine Love as "Self-Communication"

5.2.3 Implications for the Doctrine of God

5.2.4 The Question of Compatibility with the First Part

Chapter 6 The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Glaubenslehre

6.1 Schlu ß : The Doctrine of the Trinity

6.2 Schleiermacher's Doctrine of God: Strengths and Weaknesses

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

9780567728371