Ernst Troeltsch Information
Ernst Troeltsch (17 February 1865 – 1 February 1923) was a German Protestant theologian and writer on philosophy of religion and philosophy of history, and an influential figure in German thought before 1914. His work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Neo-Kantians of the Baden school.
His The Social Teachings of the Christian Church (two volume edition in translation by Harper Row, 1960) is a seminal work in this area.
While religious thinking in the days of the Weimar Republic moved away from his direction, Troeltsch's work in the sociology of religion remains important.
Further reading
- Nix, Jr., Echol. Ernst Troeltsch and Comparative Theology (Peter Lang Publishing; 2010) 247 pages; a study of Troeltsch and the contemporary American philosopher and theologian Robert Neville (b.1939).
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| Date of birth | 17 February 1865 |
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| Date of death | 1 February 1923 |
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Categories: Kantian philosophers | German theologians | German Protestants | People from Augsburg | 1865 births | 1923 deaths | Burials at Invalidenfriedhof Berlin | Sociologists of religion |
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