Redeeming Relationship, Relationships that Redeem (eBook)

Free Sociability and the Completion of Humanity in the Thought of Friedrich Schleiermacher

Matthew Ryan Robinson (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
211 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-155588-6 (ISBN)

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A renewed focus on the role of interpersonal relationships in the cultivation of religious sensibilities is emerging in the study of religion. Matthew Ryan Robinson addresses this question in his study of Friedrich Schleiermacher's notion of 'free sociability'. In Schleiermacher's ethics, the human person is formed in and consists of intimate, tightly interconnecting relationships with others. Schleiermacher describes this sociability as a natural tendency prompted by experiences of physical and existential limitation that lead one to look to others to complete one's experience. But this experience of incompleteness and orientation to 'the completion of humanity' also constitute the fundamental structure of religion in Schleiermacher's theory of religion as orientation to 'the universe and the relationship of humanity to it.' Thus, Schleiermacher not only presents sociability as basic to human nature, but also as inherently religious - and, potentially, redemptive. What making such a claim means and the implications it raises are central considerations of this study of Schleiermacher's ethics, theory of religion and ecclesiology.

Born 1982; 2009 MDiv from the University of Chicago Divinity School; 2015 PhD from Northwestern University in Religious Studies; currently Research Assistant in Practical Theology in the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

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Cover 1
Titel 4
Contents 10
Chapter 1: Introduction: Religion, Relationships, and the Completion of Humanity?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
1.1 Religion, Sociability, and the Completion of Humanity???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
1.2 The Relational Religious Subject: The Completion of Humanity and the Contemporary Study of Religion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 17
1.3 Religion’s “More” as a Space of Intersubjectivity???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 19
1.4 Schleiermacher on Religion: Human Sociability Aimed at Completion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 21
1.5 Project Overview: Sociability in Schleiermacher, Sociability and Religious Formation, Sociability as Intentional Practice???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 23
Chapter 2: Sociability: A Historical Contextualization?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.2 Roots of Geselligkeit in the German Enlightenment, Pietism, and Popular Literature of the Eighteenth Century?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
2.3 Schiller’s Briefe on the “Perfect Reciprocity” (vollkommene Wechselwirkung) that “completes the idea of humanity” (den Begriff der Menschheit vollendet)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 37
2.4 The Context of Geselligkeit in the Early Romantic Movement of 1790s Berlin?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 40
2.5 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 45
Chapter 3: Sociable Humanity: Origins and Aims of an Intersubjective Anthropology???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.2 The Sociable Life of Schleiermacher???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 48
3.3 Toward Free Sociability as an Anthropological Concept: Notes on Aristotle and “On the Highest Good”???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 54
3.4 Conclusion: Schleiermacher’s Sociable Anthropology?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 62
Chapter 4: Free Sociability: Representing Human Action Aimed at Completion?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 64
4.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 64
4.2 State of the Question: Research on Schleiermacher’s Theory of Free Sociability?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 65
4.3 Toward a Complete Vision of Humanity?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 71
4.4 Empirically and Speculatively “Natural”: Schleiermacher’s Critique of Adolph Freiherr Knigge?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 72
4.5 The Completion of Human Perfection as the telos of Free Sociability???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 75
4.6 The Derivation of the Principle of Reciprocity (Wechselwirkung) from the telos of Free Sociability?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 77
4.7 The Quantitative Law of Formal and Material Sociability???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 82
4.8 Conclusion: Is the Versuch a Fragment? The Integrity of the Quantitative Law as a Theory of Human Sociability in Outline?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 85
Chapter 5: The Sociable Society: The Completion of Humanity through Reciprocal Community with the Whole???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
5.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
5.2 Schleiermacher’s Versuch and Brouillon in Comparison: A Series of Interesting Parallels???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 92
5.3 The Completion of Humanity as Subject and Object of the Brouillon???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 98
5.4 Placing Free Sociability in Schleiermacher’s Ethics???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 106
5.5 Free Sociability in All Spheres of Life???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 111
5.6 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 115
Chapter 6: Sociable Religion:The Finitude of Human Life before the Infinite???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 118
6.1 Introduction: Personal Relationships and Religious Formation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 118
6.2 “Humanity” and “Completion” in On Religion (1799)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 122
6.3 “Humanity” and “Completion” in the Soliloquies (1800)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
6.4 Conclusion: Looking Ahead, Looking Back???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 151
Chapter 7: Sociability as Theological Practice: Free Sociability in Schleiermacher’s Soteriology and Ecclesiology???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 154
7.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 154
7.2 Christmas Eve’s (1806) Theology of Redemption???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 157
7.3 The Christian Faith’s Theology of Redemption and its Mediation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 167
7.4 The Office of the Keys as Doctrinal and Social Form of the Operation of the Spirit of Christ in Schleiermacher?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 173
7.5 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 179
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Relationships that Redeem? Religion in Critical Relationship???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 182
8.1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????????? 182
8.2 John Howard Yoder: The Infinite Deferral rather than Infinite Approach to Reconciliation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 183
8.3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Jennifer McBride: A Theology of Non-Triumphal Repentance and For-Givenness?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 186
8.4 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????????? 190
Bibliography 194
Primary Sources by Schleiermacher 194
Available English Translations of Primary Sources 195
Secondary Literature 196
Index of Subjects 208
Index of Names 212

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-10: 3-16-155588-0 / 3161555880
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-155588-6 / 9783161555886