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Beyond Tolerance Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann Edited by Bruce McCormack, Friederike Nüssel and Christoph Schwöbel Volume 184 Beyond Tolerance Schleiermacher on Friendship, Sociability, and Lived Religion Edited by Matthew Ryan Robinson and Kevin M. Vander Schel ISBN 978-3-11-061197-7 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-061373-5 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-061219-6 ISSN 0563-4288 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019948043 Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston Printing and binding: CPI books GmbH, Leck www.degruyter.com Table of Contents Abbreviations of Schleiermacher’s Collected Works VII Editors’ Introduction 1 Part I: Friendship and Interpersonal Subjectivity Graham Ward Schleiermacher and the Theology of Friendship 11 Arnulf von Scheliha The Development of Individuality: Some Considerations on the Importance of Friendship in Schleiermacher’s Social Theory 25 Cornelia Richter Symphilosophieren and We-Intentionality Despite All Misunderstandings 39 Jonas Lundblad Polyphonic Love: A Common Theme in Schleiermacher and Bonhoeffer 51 Matthew Ryan Robinson Can Friendship be Taught and Learned? 75 Part II Sociability, Culture, and Lived Religion Dietrich Korsch The Spirit of Friendship: Thoughts on Subjectivity and Friendship from Friedrich Schleiermacher 91 Wilhelm Gräb Individuality and Sociability in Schleiermacher’s Concept of the Christian Church 105 VI TableofContents Johann Meylahn Lived Religion and Populist Reason in an Age of Populist Politics 119 Nadia Marais Contaminatedby Grace? Salvation, Sociability, and the Church as Collective Life 129 Andrew Dole Thinking with Schleiermacher about Religious Polarization 145 Contributors 163 Index 165 Abbreviations of Schleiermacher’s Collected Works FriedrichDanielErnstSchleiermacher.KritischeGesamtausgabe(KGA).EditedbyHans-Joachim Birkner,GünterMeckenstock,AndreasArndt,JörgDierken,LutzKäppel,andNotgerSlenczka. Berlin:DeGruyter,1980–. KGAI/1 Jugendschriften1787–1796,ed.GünterMeckenstock(1984) KGAI/2 SchriftenausderBerlinerZeit1796–1799,ed.GünterMeckenstock(1984) KGAI/3 SchriftenausderBerlinerZeit1800–1802,ed.GünterMeckenstock(1988) KGAI/5 SchriftenausderHallenserZeit1804–1807,ed.HermannPatsch(1995) KGAI/6 Universitätschriften,Herakleitos,KurzeDarstellungdestheologischenStudi- ums,ed.DirkSchmid(1998) KGAI/9 KirchenpolitischeSchriften,ed.GünterMeckenstock(2000) KGAI/10 Theologisch-dogmatischeAbhandlungenundGelegenheitsschriften,ed. Hans-FriedrichTraulsen(1990) KGAI/12 ÜberdieReligion(2.‐)4.Auflage,Monologen(2.‐)4.Auflage,ed.GünterMeck- enstock(1995) KGAI/13 DerChristlicheGlaubenachdemGrundsätzenderevangelischenKircheim Zusammenhangedargestellt,2vols.,ed.RolfSchäfer(2003) KGAII/10/1–2 VorlesungenüberdieDialektic,ed.AndreasArndt(2011) KGAII/16 VorlesungenüberdiekirchlicheGeographieundStatistik,ed.SimonGerber (2011) KGAV/2 Briefwechsel1796–1798,eds.AndreasArndt,WolfgangVirmond(1988) KGAV/3 Briefwechsel1799–1800,eds.AndreasArndt,WolfgangVirmond(2015) KGAV/5 Briefwechsel1801–1802,eds.AndreasArndt,WolfgangVirmond(1999) KGAV/6 Briefwechsel1802–1803,eds.AndreasArndt,WolfgangVirmond(2012) KGAV/8 Briefwechsel1804–1806,eds.AndreasArndt,SimonGerber(2008) KGAV/9 Briefwechsel1806–1807,eds.AndreasArndt,SimonGerber(2011) https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110613735-001 Editors’ Introduction While Schleiermacher’s unique contributions on themes of piety and religious subjectivityhavegeneratedrichdebatesinmodernandcontemporarytheology, hisinfluentialanalysesofsociabilityandintersubjectivityhavegarneredsignifi- cantly less scholarly attention. Within Anglophone scholarship in particular, treatments of Schleiermacher’s theological and philosophical writings have often proceeded through a limited focus on themes of individuality and the in- teriorandaffectivedimensionsofreligiousfaith.¹Thistendencyreflectsthehis- tory of the twentieth-century reception of the Schleiermacher’s theology amid theriseofdialecticaltheologyinNorthAmericaandGreatBritain.Yetitobscures a crucial aspect of Schleiermacher’s novel understanding of piety and religion. His discussions of religious consciousness and interiority are couched within his innovativeand comprehensive understandingof sociabilityandthe broader treatmentoftheformationofpersonhoodandcommunitiesthatSchleiermacher develops through his early writings, his foundational work in Philosophical Ethics, and his related studies of Christian Ethics and Pedagogy.With the on- goingworkoftheKritischeGesamtausgabe(1980–)affordingaccesstotheseim- portant yet overlooked resources in Schleiermacher’s thought, recent scholar- ship has engaged in an important reassessment of the social, ethical, and interpersonal dimensions of Schleiermacher’s understandingof religion.² Beyond its importance for correctly grasping the contours of his own thought, however, Schleiermacher’s understanding of sociability also presents intriguinganalysesofsocialdivisionandinterpersonaldevelopmentthatantici- patepressingcontemporaryissues concerningthe roleof religiouspracticeand identityinthecontextofsocialandpoliticalupheaval.Theriseofpopulistmove- ments and nationalistic fervor throughout the West have raised concerns about thefragilityofliberalpoliticalvalues,chiefamongthemtolerance.Moreover,as contemporary political philosophers such as Charles Taylor and Jürgen Haber- See,forexample,GeorgeA.Lindbeck,TheNatureofDoctrine:ReligionandTheologyinaPost- liberalAge(Philadelphia:WestminsterPress,1984),15–29;WayneProudfoot,ReligiousExperi- ence(Berkeley:Univ.ofCaliforniaPress,1985),1–40;andProudfoot,“ImmediacyandIntention- alityintheFeelingofAbsoluteDependence,”inSchleiermacher,theStudyofReligion,andthe Future of Theology, eds.Wilhelm Gräb and Brent Sockness (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010), 27–38. OnthesenewerdevelopmentsinSchleiermacherscholarship,seetheessaysinTheCambridge CompaniontoFriedrichSchleiermacher,ed.JacquelineMariña(NewYork:CambridgeUniv.Press, 2005); Schleiermacher, the Study of Religion, and the Future of Theology; and Schleiermacher Handbuch,ed.MartinOhst(Heidelberg:MohrSiebeck,2018). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110613735-002 2 Editors’Introduction mashavenoted,westernclaimstosocialandpoliticalprogressareoftenaccom- panied by truncated conceptions of personhood and civil society and cramped perspectivesofhumangoods.³Ifadefiningcharacteristicofcontemporarypop- ulisms is their staunch resistance to diversity, a simple plea for greater toler- anceappearsinadequate.Butwhatalternativesocialresourcesexistforcultivat- ingtheinterpersonalrelationshipsandmutualgoodwillnecessaryforsustaining vibrant and peaceable communities? And how might the lived practices of reli- giouscommunitiescarrypotentialtoreinterpretorre-circuittheseinterpersonal tensionsandtransformtherelationshipwiththecultural“other”(Fremde)from “foe” (Feind) to“friend” (Freund)? The ten essayspresented in thisvolumeseek toprovideaunique construc- tive analysis of this shifting social discourse through the lens of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s thought, by focusing on themes of friendship and sociability as a potential path beyond mere tolerance. Each essayof the volume is written by an internationally-recognized scholar and examines Schleiermacher’s novel reflections on individuality, friendship, and sociability,while also attending to recentdebatesconcerningtherolesofreligionaslivedincontemporarypolitical society. The essayspresented here reflect an intensive seminardiscussion that took place on November 17, 2017 at the inaugural meeting of the International SchleiermacherWorkingGroup,aninitiativethatgrewoutofthe“Schleiermach- erUnit”oftheannualAmericanAcademyofReligionconferencewiththeaimof fosteringgreaterinternationalcollaborationandunderstandingofSchleiermach- er’s writings. Participants from Germany, South Africa, Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States gathered at the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill,Massachusettstopresentanddiscusspapersontheinterconnectedthemes of friendship, sociability, and lived religious practice in Schleiermacher’s thought. The papers discussed at this workshop provided the initial drafts for the essays presented here. Features of the Present Volume Thiscollectionofessays,asitemergedfromtheworkshop,presentsanumberof notablefeatures.First,itilluminatesthecloseinterconnectionbetweenthecon- SeeCharlesTaylor,Sources oftheSelf:TheMakingofModernIdentity(Cambridge:Harvard Univ.Press,1989),495–521;andJürgenHabermas,BetweenNaturalismandReligion:Philosoph- icalEssays(Cambridge:PolityPress,2008),251–70.
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