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The Theology of Schleiermacher

The Theology of Schleiermacher

by George Cross

George Cross (1862–1929) was a Baptist theologian who taught Christian theology at the Newton Theological Institution in Massachusetts. His classroom work introduced a generation of ministers to the theologians of the nineteenth century. He is best known for The Theology of Schleiermacher (1911) — the work in our library — a condensed presentation of Schleiermacher's The Christian Faith, with a sketch of its author's life and influence, long used as the standard English gateway to Schleiermacher.

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First published
1911
Category
Theology
Length
84k words · about 6 hours
Chapters
40

About this book

George Cross's introduction to the theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher, published in 1911 as a secondary study of the father of modern liberal theology. Cross surveys Schleiermacher's life, his account of religion as the feeling of absolute dependence, and his reconstruction of Christian doctrine. It helps readers understand, from a sympathetic guide, a thinker whose influence still shapes modern theology.

Contents

  1. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  2. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · PARENTS AND FAMILY
  3. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · HIS BOYHOOD
  4. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · HIS STUDENT LIFE
  5. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · A PERIOD OF SKEPTICISM
  6. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · STUDIES AT HALLE
  7. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · EXPERIENCES AS TEACHER AND PREACHER
  8. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · INFLUENCE OF NEW FRIENDSHIPS
  9. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · PUBLICATION OF THE “REDEN” 🔒
  10. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · PROFESSOR AND PREACHER AT HALLE 🔒
  11. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · PATRIOTIC SERVICES 🔒
  12. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE 🔒
  13. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · PROFESSOR, PREACHER, AND PATRIOT IN BERLIN 🔒
  14. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · RELIGIOUS REACTION IN PRUSSIA 🔒
  15. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · CHARACTERISTICS AS PROFESSOR AND PREACHER 🔒
  16. A. A Sketch of Schleiermacher’s Life. · CLOSING YEARS 🔒
  17. B. Schleiermacher’s Relation to Earlier Protestantism 🔒
  18. Introduction 🔒
  19. Chapter I. Explanation of Dogmatics (§2-19) 🔒
  20. I. The Church 🔒
  21. II. Distinctions Among Religious Communities in General 🔒
  22. III. The Peculiar Nature of Christianity 🔒
  23. IV. The Relation of Dogmatics to Christian Piety 🔒
  24. Chapter II. The Method of Dogmatics 🔒
  25. I. Unfolding of the Religious Self-Consciousness (§§ 32-61) 🔒
  26. II. The Antithesis in the Religious Self-Consciousness. (§§ 62-169) 🔒
  27. I. First Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Sin (§§ 65-84) 🔒
  28. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · Part 1 🔒
  29. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · FIRST DIVISION: DOCTRINE OF CHRIST (§§ 92-105) 🔒
  30. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · SECOND DIVISION: THE MANNER IN WHICH COMMUNION WITH THE PERFECTION AND BLESSEDNESS OF THE REDEEMER IS EXPRESSED IN THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL (§§ 106-12) 🔒
  31. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · FIRST DIVISION: THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH (§§ 115-25) 🔒
  32. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · SECOND DIVISION: THE CHURCH IN ITS COEXISTENCE WITH THE WORLD (§§ 126-59) 🔒
  33. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · THIRD DIVISION: THE PERFECTING OF THE CHURCH (§§ 157-63) 🔒
  34. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · SECOND PROPHETICAL ARTICLE: THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY 🔒
  35. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · THIRD PROPHETICAL ARTICLE: THE FINAL JUDGMENT 🔒
  36. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · FOURTH PROPHETICAL ARTICLE: ETERNAL BLESSEDNESS 🔒
  37. II. The Other Side of the Antithesis: Unfolding of the Consciousness of Grace (§§ 86-169) · APPENDIX: ETERNAL CONDEMNATION 🔒
  38. III. An Estimate 🔒
  39. Works of Reference 🔒
  40. Subject Index 🔒

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