Friedrich Schleiermacher published his urbane and eloquent book, On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers, in Berlin in 1799. His fourth speech is addressed not just to the “cultured despisers” of religion, but especially to the despisers of the historic, institutional church. “Your opposition to the church, to every event aimed at the communication of […]
PhilocritesReligion, liberalism, and culture