Ritschl's Theology

Authors

F. E. Mayer, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

3-1-1944

Document Type

Article

Keywords

theology, ritschl, doctrine, empiricism, liberal theology, schleiermacher

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

"Ritschlianism is the most highly developed form, that theological empiricism has yet taken." This is the claim of the former dean of the Methodist Boston University School of Theology, Professor Knudson. The majority of liberal theologians hail Ritschl as their champion, because the empirical method is the formal principle, the principium cognoscenti, of American liberal theology. Three German theologians are largely responsible for the wide acceptance of the empirical method in modern theology: Schleiennacher, Ritschl, Troeltsch. Schleiermacher is the father of the modern empirical method in theology.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Mayer, F. E. (1944) "Ritschl's Theology," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 15, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol15/iss1/12