His father and maternal grandfather were both pastors. Dietrich bonhoeffer and hermann sasse as confessors and churchmen. Oct 03, 2019 the movement of german idealism crystallized around a group of tubingen students of theology, including the poet friedrich holderlin 17701843 and the philosophers georg friedrich wilhelm hegel 17701831 and friedrich wilhelm joseph schelling 17751854, who articulated ways of rationally accounting for the complex forces. Dietrich bonhoeffer and hermann sasse as confessors and. Johann wilhelm herrmann was born in 1846 in melkow, prussia. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Wilhelm herrmann author of the communion of the christian. The key scholar on early christian belief in jesus was wilhelm bousset, and in a monumental study first published in 19, kyrios christos english translation 1970, he laid out what became a widely echoed historical understanding of matters. I am persuaded that this theology is thoroughly apostolic, catholic, orthodox, and evangelical in the truest and deepest sense of those terms. Karl barths conception of god 2 january 1952 boston, muss. This list contains the names of individuals involved in the german resistance to nazism, but is not a complete list. Barth is often regarded as the greatest protestant theologian of the twentieth century.
Wilhelm herrmann is the author of the communion of the christian with god 4. Friendship without communication wilhelm herrmann and. According to the son, wilhelm s father understood schleiermachers theology well, and the religious life of peasant people still betterr. Visions and poems positive prophetic visions of global unity and cosmic. This article chronicles briefly the careers of faculty members of marburg and their contributions in the fields of theology wilhelm herrmann. The theology of the cross prepared for the beinroder konvent in herbst 1959 as i nowat the end of our conferencepresent a short summary of luthers theology of the cross, i would like to make clear from the start that by no means is this a definitive rendering of the theme before us. Karl barths conception of god jan stanford university. Names are periodically added, but not all names are known.
Carl wilhelm hermann nothnagel wikisource, the free online. It is important to note that all three of these institutions were heavily committed to liberal theology. Boston collaborative encyclopedia of western theology. Fractal wisdom philosophical implications of chaos theory, fractal geometry, relativity, infinite recursivity. Mar 17, 2015 karl barth 1886 1968 was a swiss reformed theologian. Wilhelm herrmann, in full johann wilhelm herrmann, born december 6, 1846, melkow, near magdeburg, prussia now in germanydied january 3, 1922, marburg, germany, liberal german protestant theologian who taught that faith should be grounded in the direct experience of the reality of the life of christ rather than in doctrine. Karl barth has often been seen as the archenemy of liberal theology. A representative of the erlangen school reinhard slenczka heilsgeschichte and atonement in the theology of j. Johann wilhelm herrmann boston collaborative encyclopedia. Johann georg wilhelm herrmann 6 december 1846 2 january 1922 was a lutheran german theologian.
He is most noted for his departure from the reformed theology of the belgic confession resulting in what became the calvinistarminian controversy addressed at the synod of dort 16181619. Wilhelm lutgert and his studies of the apostles opponents. Ordained in 1933 in the bavarian lutheran state church. His greatest influence came from marburg, including the systematic and liberal theologian wilhelm hermann and new testament scholars johannes weiss and wilhelm heitmuller of the historyofreligions school. Jul 14, 2018 works by this author published before january 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Examining the primary influence on karl barths epistle to the. A philadelphian society was organized in london in 1681 under jane leade, whose religious views were based on the thought of the german mystic jakob. Hermann hesse biography childhood, life achievements. Pages in category german lutheran theologians the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 283 total. The first pope to excommunicate a ruler henry iv, gregory was driven out of rome in 1084. Theologian of the spirit making of modern theology hegel, georg wilhelm friedrich on. Hermann taught at halle before becoming professor at marburg.
Translations or editions published later may be ed. Biography and main theories wilhelm wundt 18321920 was a german psychologist, philosopher and physiologist famous for creating the first laboratory of experimental psychology in 1879 in leipzig germany, known as the institut fur experimentelle psychologie. Protestant theologians from germany wikimedia commons. Pages in category 20th century german protestant theologians the following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. They were colleagues in a generous and profound way.
Influenced by kant and ritschl, his theology was in the idealist tradition, seeing god as the power of goodness. Wilhelm loehe and the missouri synod in wilhelm lohe18081872. Jakob wilhelm hauers new religion and national socialism. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. This page was last edited on 8 september 2019, at 21. Pages in category german theologians the following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. Wilhelm lutgert 18671938 after completing his college preparatory studies in 1886, wilhelm lutgert1 born april 9, 1867 in heiligengrabe in ostpriegnitz, died february 2, 1938 in berlin studied theology in greifswald under representatives of the socalled greifswald school,2 namely hermann cremer 18341903, professor of sys. Volume 22, number 2 pdf download articles paul althaus. In this small book, which is more like a tractate, witsius delineates the various characteristics of a true and sincere theologian. Apr 16, 20 systematic theology dogmatik herrmann, wilhelm, micklem, nathaniel, saunders, kenneth a. Wilhelm herrmann is impor tant in present theological debates, particularly those between bultmann and barth, two of his most distinguished pupils. The purpose of this site is to promote, extend, and defend the theology of confessional lutheranism, as reflected especially in the symbolical books of the evangelical lutheran church. Theologian of the spirit making of modern theology. Karl barth s critically realistic dialectical theology p.
His influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of time on april 20, 1962. In the early part of the present century substantive traces of his thought can be found in theologians as different from each other as, for example, wilhelm hermann and rudolf otto and, in the generation just past, rudolf bultmann and paul tillich. Media in category protestant theologians from germany the following 200 files are in this category, out of 355 total. He was the son of theologian christian ernst weisse 17661832. Nonetheless, at the time of his death in 1922, wilhelm herrmann was the most revered and influential systematic theologian in germany van pelt, 1925, 867. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Christianity today weekly weeklyctweekly delivers the best content from to your inbox each week. Germany under the leadership of johann wilhelm petersen, who led groups of philadelphian pietists identifying themselves with the sixth church referred to in revelation 3. Today in christian history dailya daily newsletter featuring the most. This page was last edited on 4 january 2019, at 18. There are both men and women on this list of widerstandskampfer resistance fighters primarily german, some austrian or from elsewhere, who risked or lost their lives in a number of ways. Jacobus arminius1 15601609, was a dutch reformed theologian and professor of theology at the university of leiden.
Influenced by kant and ritschl, his theology was in the idealist tradition. Wilhelm herrmann, liberal german protestant theologian who taught that faith should be grounded in the direct experience of the reality of the life of christ rather than in doctrine. Diltheys dilemma wilhelm dilthey 18331911, a protestant theologian, devoted his life to developing the geisteswissenschaften german for social science, also translated as the human or moral sciences, or. Wilhelm herrmann, liberal german protestant theologian who taught that faith should be grounded in the direct experience of the reality of the life of christ rather. Hermann hesse was a german novelist and poet, often hailed as one of the greatest german writers. Ermann sasse was a theologian of the sacrament and as such he was a theologian ofthe liturgy. He disagrees with the dialectical nature of barths logic and his view. A disciple of albrecht ritschl, whose emphasis on ethics and rejection of metaphysics he continued, herrmann was. Johann wilhelm petersen german theologian britannica. Arnold and hermann keyserling, rabindranath tagore, richard wilhelm, carl jung, hermann hesse.
Before becoming pastor of safenwil in 1911, barth had studied theology under several eminent german theologians, including harnack and wilhelm hermann. Dietrich bonhoeffer christian history christianity today. In this essay for a directed study in systematic theology with dewolf, king examines alternative conceptions of god, a theme that would become the topic of his dissertation. Indeed it is hard to go back in time to see an accurate picture of wilhelm herrmann that is not cast in the shadow of either karl barth or rudolph bultmann. Reading barths doctrine of creation mcmaster university. Hildebrand is elected pope, taking the name gregory vii.