This book offers an interpretation of the rise of secular historical thought in nineteenth-century Europe. Instead of characterizing 'historicism' and 'secularization' as fundamental breaks with Europe's religious heritage, they are presented as complex cultural permutations with much continuity; for inherited theological patterns of interpreting experience determined to a large degree the conditions, possibilities and limitations of the forms of historical imagination realizable by nineteenth-century secular intellectuals. This point is made by examining the thought of the German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and that of the Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt. Burckhardt's meeting with de Wette and his subsequent decision to study history over theology are interpreted as revealing moments in nineteenth-century intellectual history. By examining their encounter, its larger historical context, and the thought of both men, the book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness.
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"Some readers may be more interested in Howard's contribution to theoretical arguments about the nature of secularity. Others may be drawn more by the power of his narrative. Both sorts will be richly rewarded." First Things
"Burckhardt emerges...as a serious interlocutor who can illuminate the content of contemporary experience and help clarify the implications of current historicist perspectives... It is a striking example...of how the reconstruction of historical cultural contexts should not bury the dead in the past worlds but allow them to speak in ours." John E. Toes, Central European History
"Burckhardt emerges...as a serious interlocutor who can illuminate the content of contemporary experience and help clarify the implications of current historicist perspectives... It is a striking example...of how the reconstruction of historical cultural contexts should not bury the dead in the past worlds but allow them to speak in ours." John E. Toes, Central European History
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Concentrating upon the meeting of German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt, this book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness.
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IN 1836, AN ARTICLE IN THE Boston Unitarian periodical, The Christian Examiner, reported to American readers the scholarly achievements of the University of Berlin founded twenty-six years earlier: "The Berlin University numbers illustrious names among its teachers and professors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mythical school, honest heretic, classical historicism, mythic principle, crisis historicism, figural interpretation, translation modified, religious melancholy, critical theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Das Leben Jesu, University of Basel, Jacob Burckhardt, Jakob Burckhardt, New Testament, French Revolution, Jesus Christ, University of Berlin, Bruno Bauer, Eine Idee, Jesu Christi, Basel Confession, Education Committee, Gottfried Kinkel, Hans Frei, Hayden White, Karl Barth, Left Hegelians, Leopold von Ranke, Middle Ages, Friedrich Schleiermacher, German Christian Society, Heinrich Schreiber, Jesus of Nazareth New!
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IN 1836, AN ARTICLE IN THE Boston Unitarian periodical, The Christian Examiner, reported to American readers the scholarly achievements of the University of Berlin founded twenty-six years earlier: "The Berlin University numbers illustrious names among its teachers and professors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mythical school, honest heretic, classical historicism, mythic principle, crisis historicism, figural interpretation, translation modified, religious melancholy, critical theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Das Leben Jesu, University of Basel, Jacob Burckhardt, Jakob Burckhardt, New Testament, French Revolution, Jesus Christ, University of Berlin, Bruno Bauer, Eine Idee, Jesu Christi, Basel Confession, Education Committee, Gottfried Kinkel, Hans Frei, Hayden White, Karl Barth, Left Hegelians, Leopold von Ranke, Middle Ages, Friedrich Schleiermacher, German Christian Society, Heinrich Schreiber, Jesus of Nazareth New!
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- Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought in the West, Vol. 2 by Ninian Smart on 5 pages
- Philosophy of History (Great Books in Philosophy) by Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel on 4 pages
- The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom by Peter Gay in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Friedrich Nietzsche in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Old Protestantism and the New by Brain A. Gerrish in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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