TY - BOOK AU - Jackson Ravenscroft,Ruth TI - The Veiled God: Friedrich Schleiermacher's Theology of Finitude T2 - Studies in Systematic Theology Series SN - 9789004397828 AV - BX4827.S3 .R384 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Schleiermacher, Friedrich,-1768-1834 KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- The Veiled God: Friedrich Schleiermacher's Theology of Finitude -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works -- Introduction -- Part 1: Freedom and Particularity in Schleiermacher's Early Ethical Anthropology -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Delineating the Ethical and the Theological -- 1 Disciplinary Boundaries -- 2 A Godless Europe -- Schleiermacher's Religious Doubt -- 1 From Barby to Halle -- 2 'To Cecilie' -- Quarrels with Kant on Freedom -- 1 Necessity, Freedom, and Human Identity -- 2 Schleiermacher's Kant and the Otherworldly Subject -- 3 Schleiermacher's Quarrel with Kant on Freedom -- 4 Temporality, Dialogue and Human Identity -- 5 On Desire and Moral Motivation -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Human Formation and Literary Form in Schleiermacher's Soliloquies (1800) -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Freedom and Formation Anew -- 1 Beyond the Moral Law, and the Idea of Universal Reason -- 2 Freedom and Rationality -- 3 The Role of Language in the Ethical Life -- 4 A New Approach to Freedom -- Schleiermacher's Commitment to Bildung -- 1 Bildung in Berlin -- 2 The Meaning of Bildung -- 3 The Self Negotiated in Society -- 4 Schleiermacher, Bildung, and the Question of Gender -- 5 Schleiermacher's Project on the Colony in "New Holland" -- The Soliloquies -- 1 An Idealistic Performance -- 2 Imagination and Individualism -- 3 Individuality and Immeasurability -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Dialogue and Incarnation -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Schleiermacher's Dialogic Vision -- 1 A Household at Christmas -- 2 A Platonic Scheme? -- 3 Authorial Passivity -- 4 A Review from Kierkegaard -- Seeking the Infinite in the Midst of the Finite -- 1 Schleiermacher's Speeches On Religion -- 2 Interreligious Dialogue in Berlin -- A Theology of Finitude -- 1 Barth's Critique of the Christmas Dialogue; 2 Music and the Transcendent -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - In The Veiled God, Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft offers a detailed portrait of Friedrich Schleiermacher's early life, ethics, and theology in its historical and social context, and critically reflects on the enduring relevance of his work for the study of religion UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5847363 ER -