Books by Ernst Troeltsch

Frontmatter -- Vorbemerkung -- Inhalt -- Einleitung. Die verschiedenen Konstruktionen der universalhistorischen Stellung Augustins und Fixierung des Themas der Abhandlung, daß Augustin in erster Linie der christlichen Antike angehöre -- 1. Absatz -- 2. Absatz -- 3. Absatz -- 4. Absatz -- 5. Absatz -- 6. Absatz -- Schluß: Ergebnis der Studie für die universalhistorische Auffassung der europäischen Geistesgeschichte und die Entwicklung der christlichen Idee -- Backmatter

Ernst Troeltsch focuses his Protestantism and Progress on two main areas

Ernst Troeltsch focuses his Protestantism and Progress on two main areas

More than a history of Christian ethics, this history of the Christian era relates ideas such as the changing structures of church and society, showing the mutual influences between ideas, social forces, and...

"This unsurpassed classic is more than a history of Christian ethical ideas. It comes near to being a history of the Christian era, for it relates these ideas to the changing structures of church and society, showing the mutual influences between ideas, social forces, and institutions."--James Luther Adams, Edward Mallinckrodg, Jr., The Divinity School, Harvard University.

In this seminal work, pioneering theologian Ernst Troeltsch raises the question, how can we pass beyond the diversity with which history presents us to norms for our faith and for our judgments about life? He trenchantly probes the issue of how one religion--when viewed historically in the context of other world religions--can be universally...