Ritschlian

American  

[rich-lee-uhn] / ˈrɪtʃ li ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.

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noun

1. a supporter of Ritschlian theology.

Other Word Forms

• Ritschlianism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Ritschlian

1890–95; Ritschl + -ian

Example Sentences

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Ritschlian

You understand the Ritschlian theory of value judgments, of course?”

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

The Ritschlian movement has engaged a generation of more or less notable thinkers in the period since Ritschl's death.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

It will be long until we shall cease to reckon with a Ritschlian influence.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

He had escaped, owing chiefly to his isolation from the world, that vast expansion of Ritschlian ideas that during the last century had been responsible for the desertion by so many of any intelligible creed.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh

Its consonance with some of the truths underlying socialism may account, in a measure, for the influence which the Ritschlian theology has had.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell