Beyond essence
Subtitle: Ernst Troeltsch as historian and theorist of Christianity
By: Lori Pearson.
Series: Harvard theological studies -- 58; Harvard theological studies -- no. 58.
Publisher: Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780674019195
Subjects: Troeltsch, Ernst, -- 1865-1923
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The dialogue with modernity : Troeltsch as historian and theorist of Christianity; title: Sources for constructing Troeltsch's theory of Christianity; title: The essence of Christianity and modern historical thinking; title: The background and argument of Troeltsch's essay; title: Heinrich Rickert and the study of history; title: Troeltsch's reception and critique of Rickert's historical method; title: What does "essence of Christianity" mean for Troeltsch?; title: The nature of "purely historical" inquiry; title: Locating the essence : origins or development?; title: A new view of authority : affirming Christianity in the modern world; title: Conclusion : the essence of Christianity and Troeltsch's emerging theory of Christianity; title: Christian origins and the identity of Christianity; title: The relation of earliest Christianity to its historical context : Christian origins as "purely religious"; title: Troeltsch's language of "purely religious" (rein religiös); title: "Purely religious" or "purely social"? : Troeltsch's dispute with marxist historians; title: "Purely religious" as a specific kind of social community; title: "Purely religious" as lacking a social philosophy; title: "Purely religious" : concluding reflections on its meanings; title: The origins as the site and source of lasting elements of Christianity; title: Status and normative significance of Christian origins; title: Conclusion; title: Charting continuity and change : Troeltsch's conception of historical development in the Social teachings; title: Pluralistic causality; title: Continuity : seeds of possibility and development; title: The interaction (Wechselwirkung) of religious and social phenomena; title: The boundaries of Christian social philosophy; title: The compatibility of stoicism and early Christianity; title: Foreshadowing the dialogue with modernity : latent tensions between stoicism and Christianity; title: The gradual split of stoic "rationalism" and Christian social philosophy; title: Troeltsch's ambivalence about modernity; title: Conclusion; title: Assessing the social possibilities of Christianity : Troeltsch's use of the ideal types; title: The typology of church, sect, and mysticism; title: Troeltsch's adoption of the types : historical background; title: The types and the larger project of the Social teachings; title: Five uses of the types; title: The types as heuristic devices for historical analysis; title: The types as weapons against reductionism; title: The types as examples of the connection between the religious and the social; title: The types as indications of Christianity's pluralistic composition; title: The types as tools for normative evaluation; title: Equality and inequality in Christian social organization; title: Early Christianity and the construction of Christian patriarchalism; title: Patriarchalism and the church type; title: The sects and mysticism : partriarchalism modified?; title: The types and the challenges of Christianity in the modern world; title: A spiritual and sociological "church"; title: Conclusion; title: From essence to synthesis; title: The development of Troeltsch's view of historical phenomena; title: Troeltsch's late conception of the historical object : the category of the individual totality; title: The individual totality as complex and fluid; title: The continuity (development) and value (individuality) of the individual totality; title: Troeltsch's move from essence to cultural synthesis; title: Troeltsch's gradual dissatisfaction with the concept of an essence; title: The limitation of the essence in the historicism volume; title: The place of the essence in Troeltsch's logic of history; title: The cultural synthesis; title: Connecting past and present, actual and ideal; title: The content and validity of the cultural synthesis; title: The cultural synthesis and the essence; title: Conclusion.