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The Shift to Modernity: Christ and the Doctrine of Creation in the Theologies of Schleiermacher and Barth
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by Robert J. Sherman
Robert J. Sherman
The Shift to Modernity: Christ and the Doctrine of Creation in the Theologies of Schleiermacher and Barth
254
by Robert J. Sherman
Robert J. Sherman
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The general goal of this book is to add one more voice to the growing chorus of opinion that the theologies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth may have far more in common that the many insistent assertions of the latter, or the partisans of either, would lead one to believe. While there can be no easy reconciliation of the differences which do in fact exist between these two figures, the book will argue that these differences do not always stem from irreconcilable starting points. This book will investigate one aspect of their theologies-the doctrine of Creation.
The thesis of the book asserts that both Barth and Schleiermacher take a Christological orientation to the doctrine of Creation. Approaching their theologies in this fashion allows them to solve the problem of maintaining dogmatic coherence and continuity with the Church's historic confessions while also meeting certain modern, external intellectual demands confronting those systems. To put it more sharply, this study claims that each uses Christ as the hermeneutical key for interpreting Creation, and that each does so in an effort to remain true to the faith handed down from the past while maintaining intellectual integrity in the present. This underlying connection perceptible in both Barth's and Schleiermacher's work forges one continuity between them and suggests that there may be certain fundamental similarities in their respective theologies in spite of other well-known differences.
The thesis of the book asserts that both Barth and Schleiermacher take a Christological orientation to the doctrine of Creation. Approaching their theologies in this fashion allows them to solve the problem of maintaining dogmatic coherence and continuity with the Church's historic confessions while also meeting certain modern, external intellectual demands confronting those systems. To put it more sharply, this study claims that each uses Christ as the hermeneutical key for interpreting Creation, and that each does so in an effort to remain true to the faith handed down from the past while maintaining intellectual integrity in the present. This underlying connection perceptible in both Barth's and Schleiermacher's work forges one continuity between them and suggests that there may be certain fundamental similarities in their respective theologies in spite of other well-known differences.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780567028600 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 04/12/2005 |
Pages: | 254 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d) |
About the Author
Robert J. Sherman is Professor of Christian Theology at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine. His work has appeared in such publications as the Scottish Journal of Theology, the International Journal of Systematic Theology, and The Journal of Religion.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 | Introduction | 1 |
Defining Terms and the Task | ||
Chapter 2 | The Character of Schleiermacher's Christologically Oriented Doctrine of Creation | 13 |
On What Does One Ground a Doctrine of Creation? | ||
Schleiermacher's Christological Orientation | ||
Reconciling Faith and Science | ||
The Method of the Glaubenslehre | ||
Schleiermacher's "Organic" Method | ||
The Particularity of Christianity | ||
Chapter 3 | The Character of Barth's Christologically Oriented Doctrine of Creation | 41 |
Neo-orthodox and Neo-orthodox | ||
Barth's Response to Modernity | ||
Barth's Christological Orientation | ||
Chapter 4 | Confirmation from Barth's Doctrine of Creation | 75 |
Creation and Covenant | ||
Christian Faith and Non-Christian Worldviews | ||
Barth's Christological Anthropology | ||
Conversations with Non-Christian Anthropologies | ||
Chapter 5 | Confirmation from Barth's Doctrine of Providence and His Understanding of Evil | 93 |
The Christian Interpretation of History and the Natural Order | ||
The World Does Not Interpret Itself | ||
Interpreting Evil | ||
Understanding Evil Christologically | ||
Maintaining God's Omnipotence and Nature's Integrity | ||
The "Shadow Side" as Natural | ||
Chapter 6 | Confirmation from Schleiermacher's Doctrine of Creation | 117 |
Legitimating the Claim of a "Broader" Doctrine | ||
The Connection and Distinction between Creation and Providence | ||
Examining Schleiermacher's "Narrower" Doctrine | ||
Angels, the Devil, and Historical Progress | ||
Providence: The Start of the "Broader" Doctrine | ||
Chapter 7 | More Confirmation from Schleiermacher's Understanding of Miracles, Evil, and Free Will | 141 |
On Understanding Miracles | ||
On the World's Original Perfection | ||
Understanding Evil | ||
Interpreting Evil: The Influence of the Christian Telos | ||
Understanding Human Freedom | ||
Propositions [section]47, [section]48, and [section]49 and the Claims of This Book's Thesis | ||
Chapter 8 | The Completion of Schleiermacher's Christological Orientation | 181 |
On the Unity of God's Activity and of The Christian Faith | ||
Christ and the Christian Interpretation of Nature | ||
Christ: The Determinant and Goal of History | ||
Chapter 9 | Comparisons, Observations, and Concluding Comments on the Common Ground between Schleiermacher and Barth | 201 |
An Overview of the Argument of This Book and the Evidence Found | ||
Conclusions about Methodological Similarities | ||
Content Similarities: Christ as the Archetypal Human | ||
Content Similarities: The Fall and the Natural | ||
Content Similarities: On Interpreting Evil | ||
Content Similarities: The Divine Purpose | ||
Appendix A | Examining Richard R. Niebuhr on Schleiermacher | 223 |
Appendix B | Too Anthropocentric for Current Ecological Concerns? | 229 |
Selected Bibliography | 237 | |
Index | 241 |
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