Brief Outline of the Study of Theology

Friedrich Schleiermacher — Brief Outline of the Study of Theology, translated by William Farrer (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1850).

Schleiermacher’s Kurze Darstellung des theologischen Studiums (1811, second edition 1830), a survey of theology as one science in numbered sections: Philosophical Theology (apologetics and polemics), Historical Theology (exegetical, historical and dogmatic theology, with statistics) and Practical Theology (church service and church government). The translation is preceded by the dedication to John Pye Smith, the translator’s preface, a tabular sketch of Schleiermacher’s life and the Reminiscences of Schleiermacher.

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Contents (12)

1. Dedication
2. Translator’s Preface
3. Tabular Sketch of the Life of Schleiermacher
4. Reminiscences of Schleiermacher
5. Preface to the First Edition
6. Preface to the Second Edition
7. Introduction
8. Part the First: Of Philosophical Theology
9. Concluding Observations on Philosophical Theology
10. Part the Second: Of Historical Theology
11. Concluding Observations Respecting Historical Theology
12. Part the Third: Of Practical Theology