Protestant theology and the making of the modern German university Theology modernity and the German University On the state and modern science in the German sense Plan of study Broader considerations or the pathos of modern theology Sacra Facultas and the coming of German modernity The medieval legacy Humanism the Reformation and the universities The eighteenth century : decline and critique The way forward : Halle and Göttingen Torchbearer or trainbearer : the faculties and Immanuel Kant Theology Wissenschaft and the founding of the University of Berlin Revolutionary times and the ascendancy of Wissenschaft A new creation Theology and the idea of the New University Early operations : Berlins theological faculty 1810 1819 Renewing Protestantism : Schleiermacher and the challenge of modern theological education An Erastian modernity : church state and education in early nineteenth century Prussia Church and state before 1806 The great transition : church and state after 1806 A realm of the intelligence : Minister Altenstein and his legacy Theologia between science and the state General trends and developments 1810 1918 The rise and fall of theological encyclopedia History commemoration and the university The age of German footnotes : visitors from abroad admirers from afar The crisis of the theological faculty : Lagarde Overbeck and Harnack Conclusion : Janus gazing