Friedrich Schleiermacher
1768–1834 · German (Breslau) · German Idealism
Known for: The father of modern theology — redefined religion as 'feeling of absolute dependence' and saved Christianity from the Enlightenment
Schleiermacher argued in On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers that religion is not about dogma but about the feeling of absolute dependence on the infinite. This saved Protestantism from Enlightenment rationalism.
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