Redeeming Relationship, Relationships that Redeem (eBook)

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Chapter 1: Introduction: Religion, Relationships, and the Completion of Humanity?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
1.1 Religion, Sociability, and the Completion of Humanity???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
1.2 The Relational Religious Subject: The Completion of Humanity and the Contemporary Study of Religion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 17
1.3 Religion’s “More” as a Space of Intersubjectivity???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 19
1.4 Schleiermacher on Religion: Human Sociability Aimed at Completion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 21
1.5 Project Overview: Sociability in Schleiermacher, Sociability and Religious Formation, Sociability as Intentional Practice???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 23
Chapter 2: Sociability: A Historical Contextualization?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.2 Roots of Geselligkeit in the German Enlightenment, Pietism, and Popular Literature of the Eighteenth Century?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.3 Schiller’s Briefe on the “Perfect Reciprocity” (vollkommene Wechselwirkung) that “completes the idea of humanity” (den Begriff der Menschheit vollendet)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 37
2.4 The Context of Geselligkeit in the Early Romantic Movement of 1790s Berlin?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 40
2.5 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 45
Chapter 3: Sociable Humanity: Origins and Aims of an Intersubjective Anthropology???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.2 The Sociable Life of Schleiermacher???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.3 Toward Free Sociability as an Anthropological Concept: Notes on Aristotle and “On the Highest Good”???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 54
3.4 Conclusion: Schleiermacher’s Sociable Anthropology?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 62
Chapter 4: Free Sociability: Representing Human Action Aimed at Completion?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 64
4.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 64
4.2 State of the Question: Research on Schleiermacher’s Theory of Free Sociability?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 65
4.3 Toward a Complete Vision of Humanity?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 71
4.4 Empirically and Speculatively “Natural”: Schleiermacher’s Critique of Adolph Freiherr Knigge?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 72
4.5 The Completion of Human Perfection as the telos of Free Sociability???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 75
4.6 The Derivation of the Principle of Reciprocity (Wechselwirkung) from the telos of Free Sociability?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 77
4.7 The Quantitative Law of Formal and Material Sociability???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 82
4.8 Conclusion: Is the Versuch a Fragment? The Integrity of the Quantitative Law as a Theory of Human Sociability in Outline?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 85
Chapter 5: The Sociable Society: The Completion of Humanity through Reciprocal Community with the Whole???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
5.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
5.2 Schleiermacher’s Versuch and Brouillon in Comparison: A Series of Interesting Parallels???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 92
5.3 The Completion of Humanity as Subject and Object of the Brouillon???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 98
5.4 Placing Free Sociability in Schleiermacher’s Ethics???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 106
5.5 Free Sociability in All Spheres of Life???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 111
5.6 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 115
Chapter 6: Sociable Religion:The Finitude of Human Life before the Infinite???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 118
6.1 Introduction: Personal Relationships and Religious Formation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 118
6.2 “Humanity” and “Completion” in On Religion (1799)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 122
6.3 “Humanity” and “Completion” in the Soliloquies (1800)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
6.4 Conclusion: Looking Ahead, Looking Back???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 151
Chapter 7: Sociability as Theological Practice: Free Sociability in Schleiermacher’s Soteriology and Ecclesiology???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 154
7.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 154
7.2 Christmas Eve’s (1806) Theology of Redemption???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 157
7.3 The Christian Faith’s Theology of Redemption and its Mediation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 167
7.4 The Office of the Keys as Doctrinal and Social Form of the Operation of the Spirit of Christ in Schleiermacher?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 173
7.5 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 179
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Relationships that Redeem? Religion in Critical Relationship???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 182
8.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 182
8.2 John Howard Yoder: The Infinite Deferral rather than Infinite Approach to Reconciliation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 183
8.3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Jennifer McBride: A Theology of Non-Triumphal Repentance and For-Givenness?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 186
8.4 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 190
Bibliography 194
Primary Sources by Schleiermacher 194
Available English Translations of Primary Sources 195
Secondary Literature 196
Index of Subjects 208
Index of Names 212