Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University

• An original synthesis of modern German intellectual and political history, the history of higher education, and the history of modern theology
• Explores the influence of German higher education and theology in the United States - hence of relevance to a variety of academic communities

Readership: Scholars and students of German history, culture, and literature; of the sociology of religion; of theology and religious studies; of European intellectual history.

Thomas Albert Howard, Professor of History, Gordon College, Massachusetts

"...an ambitious and substanial book that deserves attention from those working in German studies as much as it does from those engaged in religious history...a serious and commendable work." - Ian Cooper MLR

"This is a carefully organized, clearly written study. Using a wide range of primary sources and citing historical studies from the nineteenth century to the present, it provides insights into the intellectual context of German theology in the nineteenth century. It is a nice example of the benefits of drawing together two areas of study that otherwise go their separate ways." - Darrell Jodock, Lutheran Quarterly

"This book is an impressive feat of scholarship, which is unlikely to be bettered." - Mark D. Chapman, Journal of Theological Studies

"Howard's style is lively and precise...the rich detail of the text, its sure analysis, and masterful treatment of multiple figures assures the admiration and gratitude of many readers." - Paul Dafydd Jones, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"...a large and worthy book...the problem tackled in the book is a serious one, and has evoked a wide range of reading from the author." - W.R.Ward, EHR 494

"[A] detailed and...extensive study" - Journal of Religion

I. Introduction
1: Theology, Modernity, and the German University
2: On the State and Modern Science `in the German sense'
3: Plan of Study
4: Broader Considerations, or `the Pathos of Modern Theology'
II. Sacra Facultas and the Coming of German Modernity
Introduction
5: The Medieval Legacy
6: Humanism, the Reformation, and the Universities
7: The Eighteenth Century: Decline and Critique
8: The Way Forward: Halle and Gottingen
9: `Torchbearer or Trainbearer?' The Faculties and Immanuel Kant
III. Wissenschaft, and the Founding of the University of Berlin
Introduction
10: Revolutionary Times and the Ascendancy of Wissenschaft
11: `A New Creation'
12: Theology and the Idea of the University
13: Early Operations: Berlin's Theological Faculty, 1810-1819
14: `Renewing Protestantism': Schleiermacher and the Challenge of Modern Theological Education
IV. An Erastian Modernity? Church, State, and Education in Early Nineteenth-Century Prussia
Introduction
15: Church and State before 1806
16: 1806 and the Prussian Kultusministerium
17: `A Realm of the Intelligence': Minister Altenstein and his Legacy
V. Theologia between Science and the State
Introduction
18: Historical Trends and Developments, 1810-1918
19: The Rise and Fall of `Theological Encyclopedia'
20: History, Commemoration, and University
21: `The Age of German Footnotes': Visitors from Abroad, Admirers from Afar
22: `The Crisis of the Theological Faculty': Lagarde, Overbeck, and Harnack
Conclusion: Janus Gazing