Otto Pfleiderer

Otto Pfleiderer ( born September 1, 1839 in Stetten in the Rems valley, † July 18, 1908 in Great light field in Berlin) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Pfleiderer studied theology from 1857 to 1861 at the University of Tübingen, inter alia, Ferdinand Christian Baur and Johann Tobias Beck. In the meantime he studied in England and Scotland. In Tübingen, he qualified successfully in 1865.

In 1864 he was Repetent at Tubingen and lecturer. After a brief interlude in Heilbronn, he was appointed in 1869 as chief pastor and superintendent in Jena. The very next year he was appointed as Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Jena.

In 1874, he was against the will of the Prussian minister of education, Adalbert Falk professor of exegesis and practical theology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University (now Humboldt University ). Early as 1875 he could switch to the Chair of Systematic Theology. He taught there until just before his death.

He is buried in the cemetery Lankwitz in Berlin light field at the grave site department C1 / 1st Choice series number 72.

Work

Pfleiderer published primarily on philosophy of religion and the history of early Christianity. From Tübingen lectures showed his first seminal work The religion, its nature and its history (1868 ). The philosophy of religion based on historical introduced the idea further and tried to combine the tradition of German idealism with contemporary comparative religious studies.

With his thesis that only Paul had founded Christianity and this should be considered as target and climax of Hellenism, he grabbed approaches to his teacher Baur. He opposed the idea of Albrecht Ritschl and Adolf von Harnack .. He had close links to the UK and the USA, where his influence was greater than in Germany.

Writings (selection )

  • Paulinism. A contribution to the history of early Christian theology (1873 )
  • The German philosophy of religion and its importance for the theology of the present ( 1875)
  • Early Christianity, his writings and teachings, described in historical context (1878, 2nd edition 1902)
  • History of Religion Philosophy of Spinoza to the present day. ( 1st and 2nd edition 1883, 3rd edition 1893)
  • Outline of Christian faith and morals as a compendium for students and as a guide for teaching in secondary schools (1886, 6th edition 1898)
  • The Development of Theology in Germany since Kant and its Progress in Great Britain since 1825 (1890, German 1891) online resource
  • The Philosophy and Development of Religion (1894; Gifford Lectures ) online resource
  • The idea of eternal peace (1895 )
  • The rise of Christianity (1905 )
  • Religion and Religions (1906 )
  • The development of Christianity (1907 )
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