Theology

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt

Abschied von der Säkularisierungsthese

Herausforderung für die protestantische Theologie der Gegenwart im Anschluss an Friedrich Schleiermacher und Karl Barth

Volume 110 () / Issue 1, pp. 74-108 (35)

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Subsequent to Max Weber's interpretation, the theory of secularization pursues two aspects: the emancipation movement and individualization as well as the repudiation of transcendence. Supported by Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth, this essay reestablishes the idea that Protestantism is characterized by a specific rationality, thus making a more sophisticated understanding of secularization possible. As a result, transcendence can be affirmed without contrasting religion with emancipation and autonomy.
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Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt Born 1956; Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen.