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Book SynopsisThe transatlantic relationship between nineteenth-century American Reformed theology and German Protestant thought has largely been neglected in American religious studies. The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology explores the influence of mediating theology (Vermittlungstheologie) on Reformed thought in the United States. Annette Aubert offers the first detailed examination of German theological influences on Mercersburg''s Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817-1904) and Princeton''s Charles Hodge (1797-1878). Aubert discusses the influences of Ernst Hengstenberg, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and the German mediating theologians, especially in terms of theological method and the doctrine of atonement in light of nineteenth-century modernism and scientific theories. By reassessing Hodge''s theological method and Gerhart''s significant contributions, she shows how systematic theology, in an age of modern science, could no longer strictly adhere to past definitions of theology and dogmatic works. This book shows how Gerhart and Hodge engaged with the ideas of their German counterparts to articulate theological definitions and methods. Showing that reformed theologians in nineteenth-century America profited enormously from the dogmatic, historical, and biblical works of German scholarship, Aubert''s work makes an important contribution to both transatlantic religious and Protestant theological studies.
Trade Reviewan excellent study which displays both an in-depth knowledge of theology and the religious history of the transatlantic world. It should be eagerly read by all modern religious historians with an interest in the development of Reformed theology in the United States. * Dr Daniel Ritchie, Reviews in History *
Johannes Zachhuberâs Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany: From F.C. Baur to Ernest Troeltsch is a formidable account of
German theologyâs struggle to present its subject matter as at once purely historical and of absolute significance for humanity. * Michael Ledger Lomas,Reviews in Religion & Theology *
Table of ContentsContents ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Transatlantic Theology ; Part I Intellectual and Theological Transatlantic Contexts ; 1. Intellectual and Religious Contexts of Nineteenth-Century America and the Transplantation of German Ideas ; 2. A New Epoch in Theology: Friedrich Schleiermacher ; 3. Nineteenth-Century Mediating Theology ; Part II German Ideas in the American Reformed World ; 4. Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817-1904): Innovative Theological Method and Mediating Theology ; 5. Gerhart's Organic Atonement Theory and German Theology ; 6. Charles Hodge (1797-1878): Theological Method, Scientific Theology, and German Theology ; 7. Hodge's Atonement Theory and German Scholarship ; Conclusion: Theological Ideas in Transatlantic Perspective ; Bibliography ; Index
