Kritische Ausgabe

The Kritische Spalding-Ausgabe provides an indispensable basis for the further exploration of German Enlightenment theology in particular. It will have a positive and innovative impact on research pertaining to the Enlightenment and the post-Enlightenment. The sources provided are also an essential prerequisite for the new theological awakening at the beginning of the 19th century.
In addition to its significance for the history of theology, the Spalding Edition will also have a considerable influence on research in the humanities, in particular in philosophy and literary studies. In view of the way in which intellectual discourses were linked, which was typical of the 18th century, and especially in relation to Spalding's interaction with philosophical anthropology as well as with the literary transformation of the subject of religion in his time, we can expect important advances to be made in research on Kant and Fichte as well as in research on literary history pertaining to the Enlightenment, Weimar Classicism and Early Romanticism.
For the first time all volumes are available as a complete set.