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Rezeptionsgeschichte of Schleiermacher’s religious and theological thought in the Chinese-speaking World

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Abstract

The religious and theological thought of Schleiermacher, the “father of modern Protestant theology,” has been accepted and interpreted by the Chinese-speaking world for more than a hundred years. During this period, China’s political system, social ideology and way of life have undergone great changes, which have greatly influenced and shaped the reception and interpretations of his ideas. Therefore, these interpretations present their own characteristics in different eras and regions. This article takes time as the vertical axis and region as the horizontal axis, and examines the reception and interpretations of Schleiermacher’s religious and theological thought in different periods in Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan districts, presenting their respective representative research results and contributions, depicting their characteristics, and pointing out some of the latest trends worthy of attention.

Zusammenfassung

Das religiöse und theologische Werk Schleiermachers, des „Vaters der modernen protestantischen Theologie,“ wird seit mehr als hundert Jahren in der chinesischsprachigen Welt aufgenommen und interpretiert. In dieser Zeitspanne erfuhren das politische System, die soziale Ideologie und die Lebensbedingungen in China wichtige Veränderungen, welche die Rezeption und Auslegung seiner Ideen stark beeinflusst und geformt haben. Daher weisen unterschiedliche Interpretationen Schleiermachers in verschiedenen Epochen und Regionen ihre eigenen Merkmale auf. Dieser Artikel nimmt Zeit als vertikale und Region als horizontale Achse, um die Rezeption und Interpretation von Schleiermachers religiösem und theologischen Gedankengut im Laufe der verschiedenen Zeitabschnitte auf dem chinesischen Festland und in den Bezirken Hongkong und Taiwan zu untersuchen. Dabei werden die jeweiligen repräsentativen Forschungsergebnisse und Beiträge vorgestellt sowie ihre Charakteristika beschrieben und es wird auf einige neue Forschungsrichtungen hingewiesen, die besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdienen.

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