The Veiled God
Friedrich Schleiermacher's Theology of Finitude
Published on 6. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-90-04-39781-1 (ISBN)
Description
In The Veiled God, Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft offers a detailed portrait of Friedrich Schleiermacher's early life, ethics, and theology in its historical and social context. She also critically reflects on the enduring relevance of his work for the study of religion.
The book analyses major texts from Schleiermacher's early work. It argues that his experiments with literary form convey his understanding that human knowledge is inherently social, and that religion is thoroughly linguistic and historical. The book contends that by making finitude (and not freedom) a universal aspect to human life, Schleiermacher offers rich conceptual resources for considering what it means to be human in this world, both in relations of difference to others, and in relation to the infinite.
The book analyses major texts from Schleiermacher's early work. It argues that his experiments with literary form convey his understanding that human knowledge is inherently social, and that religion is thoroughly linguistic and historical. The book contends that by making finitude (and not freedom) a universal aspect to human life, Schleiermacher offers rich conceptual resources for considering what it means to be human in this world, both in relations of difference to others, and in relation to the infinite.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-39781-1 (9789004397811)
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Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft is a Research Fellow in Theology at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC-funded project 'Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture', having received her PhD from Cambridge in 2016.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
Introduction
Freedom and Particularity in Schleiermacher's Early Ethical Anthropology
Introduction to Part 1
Delineating the Ethical and the Theological
?1Disciplinary Boundaries
?2A Godless Europe
Schleiermacher's Religious Doubt
?1From Barby to Halle
?2'To Cecilie'
Quarrels with Kant on Freedom
?1Necessity, Freedom, and Human Identity
?2Schleiermacher's Kant and the Otherworldly Subject
?3Schleiermacher's Quarrel with Kant on Freedom
?4Temporality, Dialogue and Human Identity
?5On Desire and Moral Motivation
Conclusion
Human Formation and Literary Form in Schleiermacher's Soliloquies(1800)
Introduction to Part 2
Freedom and Formation Anew
?1Beyond the Moral Law, and the Idea of Universal Reason
?2Freedom and Rationality
?3The Role of Language in the Ethical Life
?4A New Approach to Freedom
Schleiermacher's Commitment to Bildung
?1Bildung in Berlin
?2The Meaning of Bildung
?3The Self Negotiated in Society
?4Schleiermacher, Bildung, and the Question of Gender
?5Schleiermacher's Project on the Colony in "New Holland"
The Soliloquies
?1An Idealistic Performance
?2Imagination and Individualism
?3Individuality and Immeasurability
Conclusion
Dialogue and Incarnation
Introduction to Part 3
Schleiermacher's Dialogic Vision
?1A Household at Christmas
?2A Platonic Scheme?
?3Authorial Passivity
?4A Review from Kierkegaard
Seeking the Infinite in the Midst of the Finite
?1Schleiermacher's Speeches On Religion
?2Interreligious Dialogue in Berlin
A Theology of Finitude
?1Barth's Critique of the Christmas Dialogue
?2Music and the Transcendent
Conclusion
Epilogue
List of Cited Works
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
Introduction
Freedom and Particularity in Schleiermacher's Early Ethical Anthropology
Introduction to Part 1
Delineating the Ethical and the Theological
?1Disciplinary Boundaries
?2A Godless Europe
Schleiermacher's Religious Doubt
?1From Barby to Halle
?2'To Cecilie'
Quarrels with Kant on Freedom
?1Necessity, Freedom, and Human Identity
?2Schleiermacher's Kant and the Otherworldly Subject
?3Schleiermacher's Quarrel with Kant on Freedom
?4Temporality, Dialogue and Human Identity
?5On Desire and Moral Motivation
Conclusion
Human Formation and Literary Form in Schleiermacher's Soliloquies(1800)
Introduction to Part 2
Freedom and Formation Anew
?1Beyond the Moral Law, and the Idea of Universal Reason
?2Freedom and Rationality
?3The Role of Language in the Ethical Life
?4A New Approach to Freedom
Schleiermacher's Commitment to Bildung
?1Bildung in Berlin
?2The Meaning of Bildung
?3The Self Negotiated in Society
?4Schleiermacher, Bildung, and the Question of Gender
?5Schleiermacher's Project on the Colony in "New Holland"
The Soliloquies
?1An Idealistic Performance
?2Imagination and Individualism
?3Individuality and Immeasurability
Conclusion
Dialogue and Incarnation
Introduction to Part 3
Schleiermacher's Dialogic Vision
?1A Household at Christmas
?2A Platonic Scheme?
?3Authorial Passivity
?4A Review from Kierkegaard
Seeking the Infinite in the Midst of the Finite
?1Schleiermacher's Speeches On Religion
?2Interreligious Dialogue in Berlin
A Theology of Finitude
?1Barth's Critique of the Christmas Dialogue
?2Music and the Transcendent
Conclusion
Epilogue
List of Cited Works
Index