Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University

by Thomas Albert Howard

Book Overview

In shaping the modern academy and in setting the agenda of modern Christian theology, few institutions have been as influential as the German universities of the nineteenth century. This book examines the rise of the modern German university from the standpoint of the Protestant theological faculty, focusing especially on the University of Berlin (1810), Prussia's flagship university in the nineteenth century. In contradistinction to historians of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199554471
• ISBN13: 9780199554478
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.2"