Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
1. Nation and religion in the historiography nineteenth century Germany
1.1 A Protestant nationalist worldview?
1.2 Towards a German nation
1.3 Religious transformation in the nineteenth century
1.4 Revisiting the historiography of theology
1.5 Purpose and structure of this study
Part One: National Networks of Theologians
2. A national elite of theologians
2.1 Establishing the national elite
2.2 Characteristics of prominent theologians
2.3 Interlude: Theologians and their fatherlands
2.4 Tracing discourses
2.5 Writing the nation
3. Theological scholarship between state and nation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theodor Albert Liebner and the service of the state
3.3 Isaac August Dorner and international cooperation
3.4 Wilhelm Hoffmann and the future of Germany in the world
4. Theological faculties: scholarship in a proto-national context
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Academic theology for a new era
4.3 The academic hierarchy
4.4 The hierarchy of academies
4.5 Understanding the dynamics of German academic theology
5. Church administration and associations: caught between state and nation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Church administration
5.3 Protestant associations
5.4 Understanding the dynamics of church and association
6. Theological journals: national communities of theology
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Organization
6.3 Scholarly aims
6.4 Community formation
6.5 Journals and positionality
6.6 Journals between church and scholarship
Part Two: Theological Discourses on the Nation
7. People, state and nation between good and evil
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Ethics for a modern era
7.3 People, state and nation in ethical systems
8. People, state and nation in ethical reflection
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The bond of blood
8.3 The Janus-like nature of law
8.4 Appropriating particularity
8.5 Pursuing universality
8.6 The anatomy of conflict
8.7 The individual and his nation
8.8 Transcendent churches
9. Narrating the identity of German theology
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Constructing rationalism and supernaturalism
9.3 The international genealogy of rationalism and supernaturalism
9.4 The particularity of German theology
10. Revitalizing the German church
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Rise and fall of a movement
10.3 Staging the nation
10.4 Popularizing theological scholarship
10.5 Academic discourses at the assemblies
11. Conclusion
11.1 Summary
11.2 Engaging with the nation
11.3 Theologians on the margins?
11.4 Postscript