Church and Theology in the Nineteenth Century
Ebook
The last volume of Baur's church history, based on lectures delivered during the 1850s, covers the nineteenth century. They were edited and published by Eduard Zeller after Baur's death. Since the lectures devote equal attention to theological and ecclesiastical matters, the title in English is Church and Theology in the Nineteenth Century. Baur provides critical analyses of the philosophers and theologians of the nineteenth century (Herder, Schiller, Goethe, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Jacobi, Schleiermacher, Marheineke, Neander, Mohler, Hegel, Strauss, Feuerbach, and many others), as well as details about European Catholic and Protestant church history from 1800 to 1860. What he produces is a "participant history," written by a scholar very much engaged in the issues of his time. Ferdinand Christian Baur was a professor of theology at the University of Tubingen from 1826 to 1860. He is known for his path-breaking studies in New Testament literature and historical theology. Recent translations of his work by Brown and Hodgson include History of Christian Dogma and Lectures on New Testament Theology.
“The series of Baur translations expertly introduced and edited
by Professor Hodgson is helping English-speaking students to a
deeper understanding of the Enlightenment and Idealist
contributions to modern western Christianity. . . . It
throws fresh light on perennial issues: the relationship of
philosophy and theology, tradition and modernity, church and state,
governance, ecumenism, academic freedom.”
—Robert Morgan, University of Oxford
“The lectures on the nineteeth century are one of Baur’s
most valuable works. The author here describes the history of
church and theology as a contemporary. The pages concerning himself
and Strauss are highlights of his report and make the work precious
as a primary source. In his foreword the learned editor gives a
short survey of the history of this book and its essence just as
well-informed remarks on Baur’s conception of history.”
—Ulrich Köpf, Professor, University of Tübingen
“The value of this volume for students of nineteenth-century German
theology and church history, both Protestant and Catholic, consists
in the unique insights it offers on major thinkers who shaped the
theological debates of this period. These are the insights of
a towering theological figure who was himself a participant in
these debates, and whose legacy we are now in a better position to
appreciate due to the recent and ongoing efforts of Hodgson and
Brown.”
— Todd Gooch, Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Product Details
- Title : Church and Theology in the Nineteenth Century
- Authors:
- Baur, Ferdinand Christian
- Hodgson, Peter C.
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2018
- ISBN: 9781532632327
Peter C. Hodgson is Charles G. Finney Professor of Theology
Emeritus at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. He has
specialized in works by Baur and Hegel, as well as in contemporary
issues of constructive theology.
Robert F. Brown is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the
University of Delaware. He has specialized in the history of
philosophy and the philosophy of religion, with a focus on German
idealism.