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Schleiermacher

American  
[shlahy-uhr-mah-khuhr] / ˈʃlaɪ ərˌmɑ xər /

noun

  1. Friedrich Ernst Daniel 1768–1834, German theologian and philosopher.


Schleiermacher British  
/ ˈʃlaiərˌmaxər /

noun

  1. Friedrich Ernst Daniel (ˈfriːdrɪç ɛrnst ˈdaːnjeːl). 1768–1834, German Protestant theologian and philosopher. His works include The Christian Faith (1821–22)

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A cohort of German Protestant thinkers such as Friedrich Schleiermacher theorized religion similarly—change was now progress, and liberal society clearly the heir to medieval religion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

“Klee and Feininger were rather backward-orientated,” Steffen Schleiermacher, a pianist who has researched and recorded music of the Bauhaus, said in an interview.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2019

In 1807, a German scholar named Friedrich Schleiermacher published a letter observing that 1 Timothy used arguments that clashed with other letters written by Paul.

From Newsweek

A product of both the Enlightenment and Germany's Romantic revival, Schleiermacher saw clearly that the traditional bases for faith in God were gradually being eroded by man's intellectual advances.

From Time Magazine Archive

Schleiermacher, the author of a Protestant revival in Germany, spoke the language of Pantheism, and his opinions are deeply suffused with the spirit of Pantheistic teachings.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix

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