On the Doctrine of Election, with Special Reference to the Aphorisms of Dr. Bretschneider (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

by Friedrich D. E. Schleiermacher

Iain G. Nicol (Translator), Allen G. Jorgenson (Translator), Terrence N. Tice (Foreword), and Allen Jorgenson (Translator)

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This book offers the first English translation of Friedrich Schleiermacher's "On the Doctrine of Election" (1819), a historic and influential essay published just before the first edition of Schleiermacher's magisterial systematic theology: The Christian Faith. In this essay, Schleiermacher develops a view of election as consisting of a single divine decree of both election and rejection that embraces all humanity--a theological development that became basic later for Karl Barth's treatment of election (Church Dogmatics II/2). Schleiermacher also seeks to support the church union movement between Lutherans and the Reformed by examining the doctrine of election in light of the New Testament and historic confessional traditions. This edition is enhanced by the translators' incisive introduction and a foreword by noted Schleiermacher scholar Terrence N. Tice.
  • ISBN10 066423688X
  • ISBN13 9780664236885
  • Publish Date 12 May 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English