TY - BOOK
T1 - Schleiermacher's Theology of Sin and Nature
T2 - Agency, Value, and Modern Theology
AU - Pedersen, Daniel J
PY - 2020/4/30
Y1 - 2020/4/30
N2 - The book approaches Schleiermacher on sin with respect to three themes: one, its power to transcend an intractable metaethical dilemma at the heart of modern debates over sin; two, its intended compatibility with natural science; and three, a re-evaluation of its place, and so Schleiermacher’s place, in the history of theology. It solves and dissolves problems arising simultaneously from natural science, confessional theology, ethics, and metaphysics in a single, integrated account using Schleiermacher’s understudied thought from his dogmatics The Christian Faith. In contrast to the account sometimes given of modern theology as marked by a break with “Greek metaphysics,” Schleiermacher’s account is shown to stand in stark contrast by retrieving, not excising, ancient thought in service of an account of sin adequate to natural science.
AB - The book approaches Schleiermacher on sin with respect to three themes: one, its power to transcend an intractable metaethical dilemma at the heart of modern debates over sin; two, its intended compatibility with natural science; and three, a re-evaluation of its place, and so Schleiermacher’s place, in the history of theology. It solves and dissolves problems arising simultaneously from natural science, confessional theology, ethics, and metaphysics in a single, integrated account using Schleiermacher’s understudied thought from his dogmatics The Christian Faith. In contrast to the account sometimes given of modern theology as marked by a break with “Greek metaphysics,” Schleiermacher’s account is shown to stand in stark contrast by retrieving, not excising, ancient thought in service of an account of sin adequate to natural science.
U2 - 10.4324/9780429199059
DO - 10.4324/9780429199059
M3 - Book
SN - 9780367188986
T3 - Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
BT - Schleiermacher's Theology of Sin and Nature
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon
ER -