This volume brings together key texts that reveal Wilhelm Herrmann's dogmatic thinking. His innovative approach of situating his own dogmatic work within recent intellectual history still provokes questions about a contemporary, valid theology.

Wilhelm Herrmann spent nearly four decades lecturing on dogmatics at the University of Marburg (1879-1917), yet left behind no published dogmatic theology. This edition, prepared by Dietrich Korsch and Frank Pritzke, presents four key texts that together reconstruct the distinctive structure of Herrmann's theological thinking. These include the programmatic essay Die Metaphysik in der Theologie (1876), two major articles from 1906/09 and 1907 in which Herrmann reflects on the historical development of his approach, and the posthumously edited lecture theses by Martin Rade.
What makes Herrmann's theology distinctive is his critical engagement with modern intellectual contexts. He insists on the necessity of locating theology within the transformations brought by modern science, philosophy, and ethics. From this background he develops a two-part dogmatic structure: first, a philosophical and ethical analysis of religion culminating in faith as veracity of individual life, followed by a systematic unfolding of the content of Christian faith. His dogmatics serves faith without determining it dogmatically. This reflexive method challenges both historical and contemporary theological approaches. By presenting these essential texts, the editors offer a vital contribution to ongoing discussions about the relevance of historical consciousness for systematic theology.

Autorentext
1846-1922; was Professor of Systematic Theology in Marburg.

Inhalt

Einleitung (Dietrich Korsch)

1. Die Eigenart der Dogmatik Wilhelm Herrmanns
2. Entstehung und Ziel der dogmatischen Texte Wilhelm Herrmanns
   Die Metaphysik in der Theologie (1876)
   Christlich-protestantische Dogmatik (1906/09)
   I. Die Geschichte
   II. Die gegenwärtige Aufgabe
   einer kirchlichen Theologie des Protestantismus
   Die Lage und Aufgabe der evangelischen Dogmatik in der Gegenwart (1907)
3. Die Lage
4. Die Aufgabe
   Dogmatik (1925)
   Erster Teil: Die Religion
   Zweiter Teil: Die Glaubensgedanken des evangelischen Christentums
   Anhang
5. Editorische Hinweise
6. Von Wilhelm Herrmann erwähnte Autoren des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
7. Von Herrmann angeführte Literatur
8. Rezensionen von und Auseinandersetzungen mit Herrmanns dogmatischen Texten
9. Martin Rade, Akademische Gedächtnisrede auf Wilhelm Herrmann,
   gehalten bei der von der Marburger Fakultät am 3. Mai 1922 veranstalteten Trauerfeier