Known as the father of liberal Protestantism, Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher put his stamp on much of Christian thought in the nineteenth century. Only when Karl Barth (1886–1968) mounted a massive critique of him did Schleiermacher’s star begin to fade. He was heir to the romantic movement and significantly modified Protestant theology in order to accommodate the rising reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and the current ideals of neoclassicism.
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