„Patristik – heute eine Disziplin mit Zukunft!“ Zum Gedenken an Carl Andresen (1909-1985)
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Peter Gemeinhardt
ABSTRACT
The present paper gives an outline of Carl Andresen’s scholarly biography and then points out some of his lasting achievements for the writing of Church History. Being initially infl uenced by Hans Lietzmann’s concept of the history of early Christianity, Andresen developed a more theologically informed way of analysing historical phenomena (while retaining his interest in sociological, cultural and philosophical approaches to Religion). Church History is structured by certain “types” of Churches, reflecting sociological as well as ecclesiological aspects. While early Christianity inevitably belongs to the religious commonwealth of Late Antiquity, its self-understanding leads to distinguishing it from other religions. Andresen’s work thus provides a theological framework even for current historical analyses of the Ancient Church.
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Rezensionen / Reviews
Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- Titelei
- Editorial / Einleitung
- Berlin, 1929-1932: Eine autobiographische Skizze von Carl Andresen
- Carl Andresen (1909-1985) – ein protestantischer Kirchenhistoriker in seiner Zeit
- „Patristik – heute eine Disziplin mit Zukunft!“ Zum Gedenken an Carl Andresen (1909-1985)
- Education and Religion: A New Research Centre at Göttingen
- What Do We Know about Justin’s “School” in Rome?
- Justin’s School in Rome–Reflections on Early Christian “Schools”
- In Search of Christian Paideia Education and Conversion in Early Christian Biography
- Did Christian Ethics have any Influence on the Conversion to Christianity?
- Nos ergo soli innocentes! (Apologeticum 45,1) Innocence as a Marker of Christian Affiliation in Tertullian’s Apologeticum
- The Education and (Self-)Affirmation of (Recent or Potential) Converts: The Case of Cyprian and the Ad Donatum
- Conversion to Christian Philosophy—the case of Origen’s School in Caesarea
- Rezensionen / Reviews
