Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Died when: 57 years 349 days (695 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch (/trɛltʃ/;German: [tʁœltʃ]; 17 February 1865 – 1 February 1923) was a German liberal Protestant theologian, a writer on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of history, and a classical liberal politician.
He was a member of the history of religions school.His work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Baden school of neo-Kantianism.
His "The Social Teachings of the Christian Church" (Die Soziallehren der christlichen Kirchen und Gruppen, 1912) is a seminal work in theology.
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