Troeltsch-Studien. Neue Folge
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Edited by:
Reiner Anselm
Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923) was a theologian, a historian of religion, a cultural philosopher, and a politician. Although he championed the fundamental principles of the modern age derived from the Enlightenment, he also appreciated the historical relativity of all norms and nevertheless strove to implement liberal principles in the cultural sphere. Troeltsch’s thinking is an enduring point of reference for present-day debates on the subject of religion, culture, and politics. The Troeltsch-Studien Neue Folge compile research on Ernst Troeltsch from a historical and systematic perspective and link this with analyses of the current significance of his legacy.
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Die Arbeit untersucht das USA-Bild und seine Funktionen im Denken Ernst Troeltschs.
Troeltsch rekurriert an wesentlichen Schaltstellen seines Denkens auf die USA. Um dies sichtbar zu machen, wird Troeltschs Werk von seiner Ethik als Kulturtheorie her interpretiert. Außerdem wird die Rekonstruktion seines USA-Bilder durch ausgewählte USA-Bilder des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts sowie durch Troeltschs eigene biographische Berührungspunkte mit den USA kontextualisiert. In der vergleichenden Perspektive, die mit Hilfe einer Typologie zur Beurteilung einzelner Motive möglich wird, wird das spezifische Profli von Troeltschs USA-Bild herausgearbeitet. Es zeichnet sich durch die theologisch-religiöse Schwerpunktsetzung aus und ist tendenziell positiv. Für Troeltsch waren die USA ein kritisch gesichtetes Vorbild. Als Ausblick denkt die Arbeit systematisch über das Verhältnis zwischen Protestantismus und Demokratie nach und nimmt die in der Arbeit gesammelten Erkenntnisse als Ausgangspunkt für eine aktuelle Verhältnisbestimmung.
Somit liefert die Arbeit Impulse für Theologiegeschichte, politische Ethik und die interkulturelle Hermeneutik der USA.
To mark the 100th Anniversary of Ernst Troeltsch’s death on February 1, 1923, this volume brings together chapters on theology, the philosophy of religion, the history of Christianity, cultural history, and politics. At the same time, it honors Troeltsch’s life and work, taking stock of the existing research on Troeltsch.
"Kreativität des Christentums" bezeichnet die innovative Kraft der christlichen Religion, sowohl die eigene Erscheinungsform als auch die soziokulturelle Umwelt umzubilden. Dies gelingt durch eine ästhetische wie ethische Transzendierung der Gegenwart, in welcher Wahrnehmung und Gestaltung der Welt so miteinander verbunden werden, dass sich daraus ein produktiver Weltbezug entwickelt.
In den klassischen Studien zur Kulturbedeutung des Christentums von Ernst Troeltsch findet eine solchen Theorie der Kreativität des Christentums ihren Ausgangs- und Bezugspunkt.
Ernst Troeltsch’s reviews represent a voluminous and programmatically revealing aspect of his oeuvre. Troeltsch was a thinker drawn to argumentation who used his reviews to articulate his concerns in various discursive constellations with differentiated nuances. For this reason, the review was an ideally suited medium for developing his particular understanding of theology, which welcomed complexity.
This volume presents the previously unpublished correspondence between the writer Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971) and the theologian Friedrich Gogarten (1887–1967). It also contains short texts by both authors published before 1920, which are not easily accessible. Both the letters and the texts vividly characterize the thinking of Gertrud von le Fort and Gogarten, who later turned out to be two of the most renowned students of Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), the Heidelberg religious philosopher and theologian. Particularly worth mentioning among these texts are the ‘Emigrant Songs’ by Gertrud von le Fort, which provide an additional perspective to understanding her ‘Hymns to the Church’ (1924).
This volume contains studies on two of the most fascinating personalities in the academic world of the 20th century. In their common years in Heidelberg, both Weber and Troeltsch developed a research program in sociology of religion which was devoted to the analysis of the “cultural importance” of religion, in particular Protestant piety. Their common interest in an analytical explanation of religion as vital power (“Lebensmacht”), however, resulted in different and competing theoretical programs. The studies in this book explore the constellations of the two men’s lives and works.
Contemplating religion has long ceased to be the sole privilege of theology and religious studies. In cultural studies, a broad spectrum of theories and methods has developed, exploring the role of religion as an important socio-cultural factor in the modern world. This volume is a collection of contributions from history and political studies, sociology and Islamic studies, ethnology, religious studies and theology, demonstrating and interpreting these changes in research on religion.
The first volume of Troeltsch-Studien, Neue Folge presents the results of the 8th international congress of the Ernst-Troeltsch-Gesellschaft, which was dedicated to the analysis of the trio of subjects: historical philosophy, theology and politics. Troelsch presented a view of historicism as a critical theory of the Modern Age. As a historical philosopher it was his aim to access chains of transmission which could provide a strong ethical orientation as a reaction to historical relativistic experiences; while as a historical theologian he wanted to secure the continued importance of the Jewish and Christian histories of the origins of Europe, so that as a historical politician he could mobilise socio-moral resources to support the fragile Weimar democracy.
