Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs)

Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany examines the dual transformation of institutions and ideas that led to the emergence of theology as science, the paradigmatic project of modern theology associated with Friedrich Schleiermacher. Beginning with earlier educational reforms across central Europe and especially following the upheavals of the Napoleonic period, an impressive list of provocateurs, iconoclasts, and guardians of the old faith all confronted the nature of the university, the organization of knowledge, and the unity of theology's various parts, quandaries which together bore the collective name of "theological encyclopedia." Schleiermacher's remarkably influential program pioneered the structure and content of the theological curriculum and laid the groundwork for theology's historicization. Zachary Purvis offers a comprehensive investigation of Schleiermacher's program through the era's two predominant schools: speculative theology and mediating theology. Purvis highlights that the endeavor ultimately collapsed in the context of Wilhelmine Germany and the Weimar Republic, beset by the rise of religious studies, radical disciplinary specialization, a crisis of historicism, and the attacks of dialectical theology. In short, the project represented university theology par excellence . Engaging in detail with these developments, Purvis weaves the story of modern university theology into the broader tapestry of German and European intellectual culture, with periodic comparisons to other national contexts. In doing so, Purvis presents a substantially new way to understand the relationship between theology and the university, both in nineteenth-century Germany and, indeed, beyond. Cover Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations REFERENCE WORKS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS JOURNALS LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES 1: Introduction 2: Organizing Knowledge GRAND AMBITIONS SACRED SCIENCE AND THE SEARCH FOR A GENEALOGY MAPPING NEW WORLDS CONCLUSION 3: Institutions and Reforms CRITICISM AND ERUDITION PROGRESS IN HALLE AND GÖTTINGEN STATE MINISTERS AND UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMATIONS THE ‘SPECIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA’ OF THEOLOGY CONCLUSION 4: Enlightenment, History, and New Ideals AN EMBATTLED ORDER: JOHANN AUGUST NÖSSELT, PHILOSOPHY, AND THEOLOGY RUPTURES AND REVOLUTIONS: THE CASE OF GOTTLIEB JAKOB PLANCK THE ETHOS OF WISSENSCHAFT CONCLUSION 5: Theology and Wissenschaft in the ‘Quiet War’ SCHELLING, THE FACULTIES, AND THEOLOGY’S DUAL INTERESTS THEOLOGY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND STATE CONCLUSION 6: Schleiermacher from Halle to Berlin THE PROMISE OF A NEW PROFESSOR A PERPLEXING GUIDEBOOK AND THE PRECARIOUS FUTURE OF THE CURRICULUM THE IDEA AND THE MODEL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN CONCLUSION 7: Renewing Protestantism? Schleiermacher and University Theology A SCHOLAR AND A MANIFESTO PUBLISHING A UNIVERSITY TEXT PHILOSOPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND PRACTICAL THEOLOGY A ‘SCIENTIFIC’ AND ‘HISTORICIST’ LEGACY CONCLUSION 8: The Speculative Trajectory BETWEEN SCHELLING AND HEGEL: CARL DAUB SYSTEM-BUILDING AFTER HEGEL: ROSENKRANZ AND MARHEINEKE STRAUSS, HISTORY, AND EXEGESIS CONCLUSION 9: Preceptor of Modern Theology: Hagenbach and the Mediating School A THEOLOGY TRULY SCIENTIFIC? THE LIVELY SPIRIT OF MEDIATING THEOLOGY HISTORICAL CONDITIONS AND THE FOURFOLD PATTERN INFLUENCE AT HOME AND ABROAD CONCLUSION 10: Conclusion Select Bibliography Primary Sources Archival Sources Printed Sources Secondary Sources Index Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany examines the dual transformation of institutions and ideas that led to the emergence of theology as science, the paradigmatic project of modern theology associated with Friedrich Schleiermacher. Beginning with earlier educational reforms across central Europe and especially following the upheavals of the Napoleonic period, an impressive list of provocateurs, iconoclasts, and guardians of the old faith all confronted the nature of the university, the organization of knowledge, and the unity of theology's various parts, quandaries which together bore the collective name of'theological encyclopedia'. Schleiermacher's remarkably influential programme pioneered the structure and content of the theological curriculum and laid the groundwork for theology's historicization. Zachary Purvis offers a comprehensive investigation of Schleiermacher's programme through the era's two predominant schools: speculative theology and mediating theology. Purvis highlights that the endeavour ultimately collapsed in the context of Wilhelmine Germany and the Weimar Republic, beset by the rise of religious studies, radical disciplinary specialization, a crisis of historicism, and the attacks of dialectical theology. In short, the project represented university theology par excellence. Engaging in detail with these developments, Purvis weaves the story of modern university theology into the broader tapestry of German and European intellectual culture, with periodic comparisons to other national contexts. In doing so, he Purvis presents a substantially new way to understand the relationship between theology and the university, both in nineteenth-century Germany and, indeed, beyond. This Study Considers The Growth Of The Genre Of 'theological Encyclopedia' As Part Of The Scientific Approach To Theology That Emerged During The 18th Century With The Reform Of The German Universities. The Work Focuses On Friedrich Schleiermacher And Karl Hagenbach In Particular. Organizing Knowledge -- Institutions And Reforms -- Enlightenment, History, And New Ideals -- Theology And Wissenschaft In The 'quiet War' -- Schleiermacher From Halle To Berlin -- Renewing Protestantism? Schleiermacher And University Theology -- The Speculative Trajectory -- Preceptor Of Modern Theology : Hagenbach And The Mediating School. Zachary Purvis. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 231-263) And Index. This study considers the growth of the genre of 'theological encyclopedia' as part of the scientific approach to theology that emerged during the eighteenth century with the reform of the German universities. The work focuses on Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Hagenbach in particular.