Albrecht Ritschl
Albrecht Ritschl | |
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| Born | 25 March 1822 Berlin, Prussia |
| Died | 20 March 1889 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | German |
| Spouse |
Ida Rehbeck
(m. 1859; died 1869) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Halle |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Systematic theology |
| School or tradition | Tübingen school |
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Albrecht Benjamin Ritschl (25 March 1822 – 20 March 1889) was a German Protestant theologian.
Starting in 1852, Ritschl lectured on systematic theology. According to this system, faith was understood to be irreducible to other experiences, beyond the scope of reason. Faith, he said, came not from facts but from value judgments. Jesus' divinity, he argued, was best understood as expressing "revelational value" of Christ for the community that trusts in him as God. He held that the Christ's message was to be committed to a community.