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Book SynopsisOxford History of Modern German Theology, Vol. I: 1781-1848 offers a multi-author overview of the development of modern German theology from 1781 to 1848. Across 36 chapters, Kaplan and Vander Schel underline important movements in German theology during this period and highlight unresolved questions which have shaped subsequent discussion.
Table of ContentsPart 1: Background 1: Robert Kolb: The Reformation and the Emergence of Protestant Orthodoxy 2: Thomas Wallnig: Early Modern Catholic Theology in German-speaking Lands 3: Douglas Shantz: German Pietism 4: Eric Carlsson: The Protestant Enlightenment 5: John R. Betz: The Counter-Enlightenment and Erweckungsbewegung: From J. G. Hamann to the Münster Circle 6: Michael C. Legaspi: Beginnings of Historical Criticism 7: Paul Franks: Translation, Bildung, and Dialogue: Central Concepts of German-Jewish Religious Thought 1783-1848 Part 2: 1781-1806 8: Andreas Holzem: Historical Introduction: Political, Social, and Legal Changes (1781-1806) 9: Ian Hunter: The Early Theological Reception of Kant's Religious Philosophy 10: Myriam Bienenstock: The Pantheism Controversy in the 1780s 11: Daniel Whistler: Early German Romanticism and the Characteristics of Religion 12: Werner Busch (translated by Grant Kaplan and Kevin M. Vander Schel): Romantic Art and Theology 13: Rainald Becker: The Changing Place of Religious Orders, and its Role in Theological Development Part 3: 1806-1815 14: Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft: Historical Introduction: Theological Justifications of Nationalism and the Beginnings of 'German Christianity' (1806-15) 15: Benjamin Dahlke: Debates about the Academic Status of Theology and the Foundation of the University of Berlin 16: Liisa Steinby: Approaches to Myth and Mythology 17: Johannes Zachhuber: Theology and Early Historicism Part 4: 1815-1830 18: Richard Schaefer: Historical Introduction: Political Restoration and Its Effects on Theology 1815-30 19: Todd H. Weir: Confession, Secularism, and Dissent in the German Vormärz 20: Grant Kaplan: The Catholic Tübingen School in its First Generation 21: Paul Michael Kurtz: Rationalism and Biblical Interpretation: H.E.G. Paulus, K.G. Bretschneider, and W.M.L. de Wette 22: Andrew Dole: Schleiermacher's Glaubenslehre and its Immediate Reception 23: Kevin M. Vander Schel: Anti-Rationalist Developments: Supernaturalism and the German Religious Awakening 24: Justin Shaun Coyle: Catholic Rationalism: Georg Hermes and Anton Günther Part 5: 1830-1848 25: Jeffrey T. Zalar: Historical Introduction: The German-Speaking Lands in Restoration and Vormärz, 1815-48 26: Christian Danz: Hegel's Philosophy of Religion, Schelling's Philosophy of Revelation, and their Immediate Theological Reception 27: David Lincicum: Ferdinand Christian Baur and the Tübingen School 28: Annette G. Aubert: Mediating Theology 29: Klaus Unterburger: Church History and History of Doctrine 1830-1848 30: Michael Ledger-Lomas: Strauss and the Life of Jesus Controversy
