Schleiermacher

This work focuses on historical writers in theology from ancient times to the advent of modern theology. It uses an 1820 Christmas sermon to examine psychological aspects of Schleiermacher’s evangelical liberal theology. It also reflects on reception and influence of his theology and how he referred to his inner development as a person of faith.

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This volume illuminates why Friedrich Schleiermacher is hailed as the father of modern theology. Terrence Tice generates a dialogue between Schleiermacher, readers, and himself by examining one of Schleiermacher’s Christmas sermons and commenting on the relationship between God, the human condition, and Jesus as the Redeemer of humankind that is at the center of Schleiermacher’s work. Following this, the major themes of his thought and the reception of the theologian since his lifetime are traced out in detail.