Oswald Spenglers "Der Untergang des Abendlandes" als Katalysator theologischer Kriseninterpretationen zum Verhältnis von Christentum und Kultur$jJörg Schneider
This essay concentrates on the reception of Oswald Spengler’s book, „Der Untergang des Abendlandes“ by German Protestant theologians in the early 1920s, who were more susceptible to the influence of this book than were philosophers. Just after the First World War, for example, Werner Elert, Karl Hei...
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| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2003
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Journal for the history of modern theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: [196]-223 |
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Spengler, Oswald 1880-1936, Der Untergang des Abendlandes
/ Culture
/ Christianity
/ Controversy
/ Protestantism
/ Germany
/ History 1920-1923
B Spengler, Oswald 1880-1936, Der Untergang des Abendlandes / Elert, Werner 1885-1954 / Heim, Karl 1874-1958 / Troeltsch, Ernst 1865-1923 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church |
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| Summary: | This essay concentrates on the reception of Oswald Spengler’s book, „Der Untergang des Abendlandes“ by German Protestant theologians in the early 1920s, who were more susceptible to the influence of this book than were philosophers. Just after the First World War, for example, Werner Elert, Karl Heim and Ernst Troeltsch - not to mention Emanuel Hirsch, Friedrich Gogarten and others - had to cope with deeply interconnected crises in faith, church, theology and nation. Spengler’s idea of cycles in history seemed to help them understand Germany’s 1918 defeat not as due to military exhaustion but to a sort of divine destiny. But it also gave hope that this destiny would help to overcome the crisis. The authors drew epon certain aspects of Spengler’s thinking to establish their theory of Christianity. However, the influence of Spengler vanished soon enough. As a result, the story of his reception is an example of the struggle to locate Christianity within postwar Germany society. |
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| ISSN: | 0943-7592 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the history of modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/znth.10.2.196 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-72122 HDL: 10900/130761 |