Schleiermacher
German romantic theologian
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) was a German theologian and philosopher who redefined religion as rooted in feeling and intuition rather than doctrine or morality.
He founded modern Protestant theology and hermeneutics—the theory of interpretation.
His influence extends through theology, philosophy, and biblical studies: Schleiermacher's emphasis on religious experience shaped liberal Christianity.
Post-schism Western Christian
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- feelingSensed inner state
- religious experiencePerceived contact with divine
- dependenceState of needing another
piety · dogmatics · God-consciousness · redemption · Christology · ecclesiology · Berlin · preacher
Logical argument through opposition
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- KantGerman Enlightenment thinker
- FichteGerman idealist philosopher
epistemology · consciousness · transcendental · knowledge · reason · feeling · subjectivity · phenomenology
Unique personal character
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- creativityCapacity for original thought
genius · organic · intuition · feeling · fragment · irony · subjectivity · expression
A specific year
- 1834A specific year
- BreslauHistoric Silesian metropolis
- MoravianFrom eastern Czech region
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
professor · Prussia · education reform · marriage · correspondence · lectures · preaching · founding father
Assigned meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- hermeneutic circleUnderstanding through recursive interpretation
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- textual analysisSystematic examination of writing
meaning · philology · Gadamer · biblical interpretation · part-whole · reader · context · methodology
Protestant
Post-schism Western Christian
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- feelingSensed inner state
- religious experiencePerceived contact with divine
dependence · piety · dogmatics · God-consciousness · redemption · Christology · ecclesiology · Berlin · preacher · sermons
dialectic
Logical argument through opposition
Fichte · epistemology · consciousness · transcendental · knowledge · reason · feeling · subjectivity · phenomenology · critique
individuality
Unique personal character
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- poetryMetrical literary composition
creativity · genius · organic · intuition · feeling · fragment · irony · subjectivity · expression · spirit
1768
A specific year
chaplain · professor · Prussia · education reform · marriage · correspondence · lectures · preaching · founding father · nationalism
interpretation
Assigned meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- hermeneutic circleUnderstanding through recursive interpretation
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
textual analysis · meaning · philology · Gadamer · biblical interpretation · part-whole · reader · context · methodology · divination
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- philosophersAristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kant, Descartes
- TheologiansBarth, Merton, Edwards, Newman, Augustine
- Modern Theologyliberation theology, neo-orthodoxy, political theology, Barth, Gutierrez
- Prussian FiguresClausewitz, generals, kings, ministers, nobles
SchleiermacherLeibniz
Baroque-era polymath philosopher-mathematician