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
11 - Schleiermacher’s Christian Ethics
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
A proper grasp of Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics presupposes an understanding of the following: the relation between ethics and faith (the two parts of dogmatic theology), the relation of historical theology to philosophical theology, and a correct understanding of theology's place in the theory of human knowledge as a whole.
THE PLACE OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
In his introduction to the Christian Ethics, Schleiermacher notes the relationship of Christian ethics to Christian faith (CE, 2) and to philosophical ethics (CE, 24). To understand properly these relationships we must first reflect upon the conditions of the possibility of knowledge in general and how these conditions affect how we are to understand: (1) the place of theology in relation to possible knowledge as a whole; (2) the place of dogmatics in theology; (3) especially in relation to philosophical theology; and, (4) in light of the relationship between Christian faith and Christian ethics (as the two parts of dogmatics). Finally, given these considerations, we must reflect upon the relation of Christian ethics to philosophical ethics.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Friedrich Schleiermacher , pp. 209 - 228Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005
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