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Author Pedersen, Daniel James, author

Title The Eternal Covenant : Schleiermacher on God and Natural Science / Daniel James Pedersen
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Series Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann ; 181
Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann ; 181.
Contents Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Eternal Covenant -- Chapter 2 The Science of Schleiermacher's World, the World of Schleiermacher's Science: Natural Science in the early Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 3 Divine Wisdom and the Order of the World: Leibniz and Schleiermacher on the Perfection of Nature -- Chapter 4 The World and Miracles: Schleiermacher on the Nature System -- Chapter 5 Divine Power and the Necessity of the World: Spinoza and Schleiermacher on the Perfection of Nature -- Chapter 6 The Self Presentation of the Divine Essence: Schleiermacher on the World as the Artwork of God -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Essential Identity of Ethics and Natural Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
Summary Schleiermacher's readers have long been familiar with his proposal for an 'eternal covenant' between theology and natural science. Yet there is disagreement both about what this 'covenant' amounts to, why Schleiermacher proposed it, and how he meant it to be persuasive. In The Eternal Covenant, Pedersen argues, contrary to received wisdom, that the 'eternal covenant' is not first a methodological or political proposal but is, rather, the end result of a complex case from the doctrine of God, the notion of a world, and an account of divine action. With his compound case against miracles, Schleiermacher secures the in-principle explicability of everything in the world through natural causes. However, his case is not only negative. Far from a mere concession, the eternal covenant is an argument for what Schleiermacher calls, 'the essential identity of ethics and natural philosophy.' Indeed, because the nature system is both intended for love and wisely ordered, the world is a supremely beautiful divine artwork and is, therefore, the absolute self-revelation of God. Schleiermacher's case is a challenging alternative to reigning accounts of God, nature, divine action, and the relationship between religion and science
Analysis (Produktform)Electronic book text
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft
(BISAC Subject Heading)REL067110
Schleiermacher, Friedrich
Gotteslehre
Friedrich Schleiermacher; doctrine of God; divine action; natural science
Naturwissenschaft
Göttliches Handeln
(VLB-WN)9542
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)
Subject Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834.
SUBJECT Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834 fast
Subject God (Christianity)
Religion and science.
Religion and science -- Christianity
Natural history -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Religion and Science
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
God (Christianity)
Natural history -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Religion and science
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110542301
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9783110541281
3110541289
9783110542318
3110542315