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Schleiermacher and Germanys Protestant Awakening
The essay traces Germany’s religious and intellectual awakening during the Napoleonic era, praising Schleiermacher as a central figure who shifted faith from external symbols to inner conviction. It warns that civil powers still enforce old confessions, paralyzing dogma and hindering modern religious life while urging a freer Protestant Church and secularized civil authority in Germany.
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Germany
England
France
Fichte
Schleiermacher
Protestanten Verein
Richard Rothe
Daniel Schenkel
Heidelberg
The
Times
Tinsley Brothers
Feuerbach
Strauss
Baur
Schleiernacher
Herr von Mahler
Déllinger
Huber
Reat
Daéllinger
Count Dary
Prussia
Bavaria
Europe
von Mihler