David Friedrich Strauß, Father of Unbelief

An Intellectual Biography
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-885985-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

David Friedrich Strauss is a central figure in 19th century intellectual history. The first major source for the loss of faith in Christianity in Germany, his work Das Leben Jesu was the most scandalous publication in Germany during his time. His book was a critique of the claims to historical truth of the New Testament, which had been the mainstay of Protestantism since the Reformation. As the father of unbelief, his critique of Christianity preceded that of Nietzsche, Marx, Feuerbach, and Schopenhauer. His views imposed a harsh fate upon him - he was persecuted for his beliefs by religious and political authorities and was denied employment in the university and government, forcing him to live as a free-lance writer. He led a wandering and isolated life as an outcast. Here, Frederick C. Beiser studies the intellectual development of Strauss and recounts his fate, which began in faith as a young man but finally ended in unbelief.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beiser, Frederick C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Historical Significance of Das Leben Jesu

- 2: Reputation and Reality

- 3: Context and Background

- 4: Tuebingen Lectures

- 5: Strauss's Method and its Problems

- 6: The Theory of Myth

- 7: Reaction, Demotion, and Exile

- 8: The Rogue's Gallery

- 9: Crisis and Compromise

- 10: The Zurich Affair

- 11: The Doctrine of the Christian Faith

- 12: Career in Politics and Political Writings

- 13: Das Leben Jesu für Das Deutsche Volk

- 14: Two Polemics of the 1860s

- 15: The New and the Old Faith

- 16: Three Critics

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the USA. He studied in the UK at Oriel College and Wolfson College, Oxford, and then in Germany for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung during that time. He has taught in many universities in the USA including Yale, Harvard, Penn, Wisconson, Colorado, and Indiana. Beiser is currently professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, New York.