Die Kirchentheorie Emanuel Hirschs

This essay explores Emanuel Hirsch's understanding of the church in relation to his program of theology from the perspective of systematic theology. It demonstrates that Hirsch's program of theology was a result of his philosophical analysis of Germany's political development after World War 1. Seizing what he considered the opportunity of the historic moment, Hirsch argued for the transformation of Christianity. A crucial element of this problematic transformation was the establishment of a German national church embracing all Protestant denominations.