Powers Adolf von Harnack, Werner Jaeger, and the Crisis of Weimar Culture

Greco-Christian Humanism at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-163991-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Christentum in der modernen Welt / Christianity in the Modern World

The theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) and the philologist Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) bear witness to the rich, boundary-defying diversity of academic - and bourgeois - culture during the Weimar Republic. Separated in age by nearly half a century but united by common concern for pressing theological and societal problems and professional ties to the University of Berlin, Harnack and Jaeger both acted as representatives of theology and classical studies who sought to reassert the broad educational and political significance of their disciplines amid the cultural crisis occasioned by World War I and by the subsequent collapse of the Kaiserreich. Both moderates, Harnack and Jaeger set themselves the tasks of combatting political extremity and, most importantly, preparing their compatriots for proper self-government by deploying their unique brands of religious, philhellenic humanism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powers, Robert L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen

Über Autor(innen)

Powers, Robert L.
Born 1997; 2015-19 study of modern European intellectual history and German language and literature at the University of Virginia's College at Wise; 2024 Ph.D. in history at Louisiana State University.