Theology As Science in Nineteenth Century Germany: From F. C. Baur to Ernst Troeltsch. By Johannes Zachhuber. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. xiii + 318 pp. $118.95 cloth.

The Distinction between Theology and Ethics: A Critical History

“…One legacy of that split is that contemporary theologians will often ignore what the latter fields say (Joas 2000). Theology has retreated and “sought to consolidate its academic credentials as a hermeneutical theory of explaining Christianity from within” (Zachhuber 2013, 292). Thus, when theologians “do” history or sociology, there is a distinct lack of engagement with actual historical or sociological evidences (Gill 1999).…”