Johann Joachim Spalding: Meistertheologe Im Zeitalter Der Aufklarung

English summary: Johann Joachim Spalding (1714-1804) was a master scholar of German Enlightenment Theology. Through his work for the church, especially in his role as the highest ranking representative of Prussian Lutheranism, his widespread writings on religious theology and his much treasured serm [...]
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English summary: Johann Joachim Spalding (1714-1804) was a master scholar of German Enlightenment Theology. Through his work for the church, especially in his role as the highest ranking representative of Prussian Lutheranism, his widespread writings on religious theology and his much treasured sermons, he not only shaped the theory and practice of piety of his time but also created fundamental premises to which the Protestant Church and Protestant Theology refer to this day. Albrecht Beutel explains how Enlightenment theology took on an exemplary occurrence in Spalding's life and work. The flexibility in his - at the time common - loyalty to tradition, the potential for modern thought in the construction of his theological theories and not least the clarity and beauty of his language all played a part when Immanuel Kant declared: "Spalding is better than any of them." German description: Johann Joachim Spalding (1714-1804) war ein Meister der deutschen Aufklarungstheologie. Mit seinem kirchlichen Wirken, zumal als ranghochster Reprasentant des preussischen Luthertums, dazu mit seinen weit verbreiteten religionstheologischen Schriften und begehrten Predigten pragte er nicht allein die Praxis und Theorie der Frommigkeit seiner Zeit, sondern schuf zugleich elementare Voraussetzungen, von denen die evangelische Kirche und Theologie bis in die Gegenwart zehren. Albrecht Beutel erlautert, wie in Spaldings Leben und Wirken die Aufklarungstheologie exemplarische Anschaulichkeit gewann. Die Elastizitat seiner zeitgemassen Traditionstreue, das modernitatstrachtige Potential der von ihm vollzogenen theologischen Theoriebildung und nicht zuletzt die klare Schonheit seiner Sprache waren gleichermassen im Blick, als Immanuel Kant feststellte: "Spalding ist allen vorzuziehen."