1 The Tasks and the Layout of the “Introduction” in the First and the Second Editions of The Christian Faith

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XV
4. Abbreviations XVII
5. Introduction 1
6. I The Conception of an “Introduction” as Part of an Account of Christian Doctrine after the Anthropological Turn
7. Introduction 7
8. 1 The Tasks and the Layout of the “Introduction” in the First and the Second Editions of The Christian Faith 9
9. 2 Determining the Essence of Piety by Two Distinct Methods in the First and the Second Editions 29
10. 3 The Definition of the Essence of Christianity 71
11. 4 Critiques of the First Edition and Evaluation of the Changes to the Introduction as a Framework for the Dogmatics 102
12. II Schleiermacher’s Reworking of Christian Doctrine in his Material Dogmatics
13. Introduction 141
14. 5 The Theological Anthropology of the Glaubenslehre: Original Perfection, Sinfulness and Receptivity for Redemption 143
15. 6 A Christology from Two Perspectives: the Consciousness of Redemption, and the Single Divine Decree 172
16. 7 A Doctrine of God Developed from the Feeling of Absolute Dependence 208
17. 8 Conclusion: Creation and Redemption in Categories of Freedom 237
18. Bibliography 255
19. Person Index 270
20. Subject Index 273