Erlösung

Using the concept of redemption as an example, Claus-Dieter Osthövener examines the reception and the transformation of themes which were originally of a religious nature in non-theological contexts. The Protestant concept of redemption was first described by Martin Luther and was given a modern reformulation by Friedrich Schleiermacher. After dealing with this subject, the author compares three thinkers from the 19th century: Arthur Schopenhauer, Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche, and reflects systematically and from the perspective of the history of the problem upon the ways in which they transformed the concept of redemption.. At the same time he compares their theories to the way the concept of redemption is dealt with in theology.