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Schleiermacher in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Ieuan Ellis
Ieuan Ellis
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Dept of Theology, The University, Hull HU6 7RX
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IN the early nineteenth century visits by German philosophers and theologians to Britain were rare, rarer still when the visitor was of Friedrich Schleiermacher's distinction. However, Schleiermacher spent three weeks in London in September 1828, and the occasion provides a fascinating sidelight on this period of English Church history. It was his first and last visit: though Schleiermacher had learned English early in life, and translated two volumes of sermons and written various articles for the Athenaeum, he had felt no urge to cross the Channel before. The reasons now were political rather than religious. He lodged in London with his wife's cousin, Ludwig von Miihlenfels, a writer and critic who had been arrested for ‘demagogic’ activities in Germany and had subsequently escaped and settled in England. From this point of view the visit was a success; Schleiermacher appears to have reinstated von Mühlenfels in the eyes of the Prussian authorities since he was allowed to return home in 1830.

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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , October 1980 , pp. 417 - 452
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1980

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