Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology, Critique and the Philosophy of Religion

Harvard HDS

The nineteenth century formulated many of the questions and frameworks that continue to dominate religious reflection in the West. This course considers the developing interplay between modern Christian theology (largely continental) and key philosophical and social critiques and constructions of religion in the nineteenth century. Topics include human nature, religion, the divine-human relationship, religious knowledge, the social, and historicity. Readings from Lessing, Schleiermacher,…