Ritschlian

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[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

Pragmatism may be described as the secularising of the Ritschlian system of theological thought.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

These extracts from Harnack and Herrmann represent the attitude towards Mysticism of the Ritschlian school in Germany, of which Kaftan is another well-known exponent.

From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge

“The central position of the pragmatist philosophy and the Ritschlian theology is that truth and usefulness are identical.”

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

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 Robert Hugh Benson

The Ritschlian value-judgment theory in its disparagement of philosophy is practically a dethronement of reason.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander