The absoluteness of Christianity and the relativity of all history
This chapter starts with the paradox of historicism, which as formulated by Lessing is that the contingent truths of history cannot provide evidence for the necessary truths of reason. Yet Baur tried to bridge this gap by arguing that both absoluteness and relativity can be taken into account by wis...
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| description | This chapter starts with the paradox of historicism, which as formulated by
Lessing is that the contingent truths of history cannot provide evidence for the
necessary truths of reason. Yet Baur tried to bridge this gap by arguing that both
absoluteness and relativity can be taken into account by wissenschaftliche
Theologie (scientific theology). The chapter argues that tensions were already
evident in Baur’s early work on Christian Gnosticism, and became more
pronounced in his later writing and especially after his death when the Tübingen
School split over this issue. Baur exploited Hegel’s insight that the absolute
manifests itself precisely only in concrete and relative forms, but the Hegelian
synthesis broke down even before Baur’s death. |
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