Alfred Loisy (1857–1940) is a key figure for the history of Christianity and the history of exegesis. While his involvement in the so-called “Modernist crisis” and his role as a Biblical scholar have been the subject of several publications, his role in the history of religions and in the historical development of religious comparativism is far less investigated. A recent monograph by Annelies Lannoy (Alfred Loisy and the Making of History of Religions, 2020) is now helping to fill this scholarly lacuna. In the present article, I offer some considerations on Lannoy’s book, taking it as a starting point to develop some additional thoughts on the theoretical and methodological connections that Loisy has with John Henry Newman and with Ernst Troeltsch. In particular, I address Troeltsch’s “relativization” of Christianity and its relation to religious comparativism. I also recall the pivotal debate between Loisy and Harnack.
Andrea Annese (2023). Loisy, Harnack, Troeltsch and the Comparative Study of Religions: Notes on a Recent Volume. ANNALI DI STORIA DELL'ESEGESI, 40(2), 507-517.
Loisy, Harnack, Troeltsch and the Comparative Study of Religions: Notes on a Recent Volume
Andrea Annese
2023
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Alfred Loisy (1857–1940) is a key figure for the history of Christianity and the history of exegesis. While his involvement in the so-called “Modernist crisis” and his role as a Biblical scholar have been the subject of several publications, his role in the history of religions and in the historical development of religious comparativism is far less investigated. A recent monograph by Annelies Lannoy (Alfred Loisy and the Making of History of Religions, 2020) is now helping to fill this scholarly lacuna. In the present article, I offer some considerations on Lannoy’s book, taking it as a starting point to develop some additional thoughts on the theoretical and methodological connections that Loisy has with John Henry Newman and with Ernst Troeltsch. In particular, I address Troeltsch’s “relativization” of Christianity and its relation to religious comparativism. I also recall the pivotal debate between Loisy and Harnack.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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