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The Social Teachings of the Christian Church (2 Volumes)
Ernst Troeltsch

Harper Brothers, 1960

Two softcover volumes.

The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches: Vol. Two

4 reviews
Ernst Troeltsch

Westminster John Knox Press, 1992

Indespensible
I'm quite surprised to find no review of this monumental work. So, briefly: This text is INDISPENSABLE for understanding both religion in the west, but also the religious and political debates that rage across our front pages. Here you will find a key to why so many can use the same religious vocabulary to mean such different things. How "ought" the faithful live out their beliefs in relation ...

Natural Law and the Theory of Society, 1500 to 1800
Otto Gierke, Ernest Barker

Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2001

Gierke, Otto. Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500 to 1800. With a Lecture on the Ideas of Natural Law and Humanity by Ernst Troeltsch. Translated with an Introduction by Ernest Barker. Complete in one volume. Cambridge: The University Press, 1950. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001016483. ISBN 1-58477-149-6. Cloth. $110. Reprint complete in one volume that contains "an English translation of five sections of the ...

The Absoluteness of Christianity and the History of Religions

1 review
Ernst Troeltsch

Westminster John Knox Press, 2006

This classic should be in the hands of every serious student of contemporary Christian history
Troeltsch struggled for several decades to understand how the role of history and culture affected development of religion. He moved from a view that Christianity was the `absolute' religious view (as postulated in this book 1901) to a view that Christianity was absolutely true, for Christians (1923). Earnest Troeltsch was an inclusivist/pluralist by the time of his death. In "The Absoluteness ...