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Work #551 · Late

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

Friedrich Schleiermacher
1821-22 (rev. 1830-31) · German
Systematic Christian theology · German liberal Protestant theology

Schleiermacher's 1821-22 foundational text of modern liberal Protestant theology

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

The historical-redemptive time of the Christian community.

Space

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

The space of religious-experiential community.

Matter

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

The embodied religious-conscious person.

Observer

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

The religiously-feeling Christian.

Energy

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

Energies of the feeling of absolute dependence.

Information

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

Foundational liberal-Protestant systematic.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Christian Faith (Der christliche Glaube)

Schleiermacher's "feeling" theology critiqued by Barth as "anthropocentric"; yet remains foundational for liberal tradition.