Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Part I Schleiermacher as Philosopher
- Part II Schleiermacher as Theologian
- 6 Shaping an academic discipline: the Brief Outline on the Study of Theology
- 7 Sin and redemption
- 8 Christology and anthropology in Friedrich Schleiermacher
- 9 Schleiermacher’s understanding of God as triune
- 10 Providence and grace: Schleiermacher on justification and election
- 11 Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethics
- 12 Schleiermacher’s exegetical theology and the New Testament
- Part III Culture, Society, and Religion
- Schleiermacher Biography
- References
- Index
8 - Christology and anthropology in Friedrich Schleiermacher
from Part II - Schleiermacher as Theologian
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2006
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Part I Schleiermacher as Philosopher
- Part II Schleiermacher as Theologian
- 6 Shaping an academic discipline: the Brief Outline on the Study of Theology
- 7 Sin and redemption
- 8 Christology and anthropology in Friedrich Schleiermacher
- 9 Schleiermacher’s understanding of God as triune
- 10 Providence and grace: Schleiermacher on justification and election
- 11 Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethics
- 12 Schleiermacher’s exegetical theology and the New Testament
- Part III Culture, Society, and Religion
- Schleiermacher Biography
- References
- Index
Summary
It is no exaggeration to say that Christological doctrine is the heart of Christian theology. It encapsulates an understanding of God and human nature, as well as how the two relate to each other. How one understands the person and work of Christ depends in part on how one understands the human condition, how it needs to be changed, and what it would take to change it. Moreover, insofar as Christ is understood as the Logos, God's self-revelation, Christology also has implications for the doctrine of God, as well as for the doctrine of how it is that God relates to us. Insofar as a doctrine of the work of Christ has implications regarding how his work changes us and our relations to others, Christology contains the germ of Christian ethics. In the work of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Christology plays no less a central role. As Richard R. Niebuhr has observed, Schleiermacher's theology is Christo-morphic; for him the elements of theology are grounded in the person-forming experience of being in relation to Christ and the community founded by him. Both Schleiermacher's dialogue with the orthodox Christological tradition preceding him, as well as his understanding of the work of Christ, are founded on a critical analysis of this fundamental experience and its implications. In this chapter I explore Schleiermacher's understanding of both the person and work of Christ. The chapter is divided into two main parts: in the first I treat Schleiermacher's understanding of the person of Christ, and in the second I treat his view of Christ's work.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Friedrich Schleiermacher , pp. 151 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005
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