On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers

About this book

Friedrich Schleiermacher's five speeches of 1799, addressed to educated readers who had come to dismiss religion. He argues that religion is rooted neither in metaphysics nor in morality but in feeling and intuition of the infinite, and he pleads for it to be understood on its own terms. The book became a landmark statement of modern liberal Protestant thought.

Contents

1. Forward
2. First Speech. Defence.
3. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 1 🔒
4. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 2 🔒
5. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 3 🔒
6. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 4 🔒
7. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 5 🔒
8. Second Speech. The Nature of Religion · Part 6 🔒
9. Third Speech. The Cultivation of Religion 🔒
10. Fourth Speech. Association in Religion, or Church and Priesthood 🔒
11. Fifth Speech. The Religions. · Part 1 🔒
12. Fifth Speech. The Religions. · Part 2 🔒
13. Fifth Speech. The Religions. · Part 3 🔒
14. Epilogue 🔒
15. The First Edition 🔒