Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: History
6. Introduction 21
7. 1. A New Turn in Historical Criticism 25
8. 2. Ritschl’s Emancipation from the Tübingen School 64
9. 3. Ritschl and the Quest for the Historical Jesus 102
10. Part II: Metaphysics
11. Introduction 133
12. 4. Scientific Materialism and Late Idealism 137
13. 5. Ritschl’s Late Idealist Metaphysics 171
14. 6. Ritschl’s Rejection of Classical Metaphysical Theology 200
15. Part III: Ethics
16. Introduction 217
17. 7. The Values of the Bildungsbürgertum 221
18. 8. Ritschl’s Controversy with Lagarde 236
19. 9. Ritschl’s Ethics in Context 252
20. Conclusion 293
21. Bibliography 321
22. Index of Names 342