Religion and the Rise of Historicism
Subtitle: W. M. L. de Wette, Jacob Burckhardt, and the Theological Origins of Nineteenth-Century Historical Consciousness
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521026338
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; History: theory & methods; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; Religion - Theology; Europe; Christian Theology - History; Europe - General; Historicism; Historicism Historicism; History / Europe / General; History : Europe - General; Religion / Christianity / Theology / History; Christianity - Theology - History
First sentence: IN 1836, AN ARTICLE IN THE Boston Unitarian periodical, The Christian Examiner, reported to American readers the scholarly achievements of the University of Berlin founded twenty-six years earlier: "The Berlin University numbers illustrious names among its teachers and professors.