Part II Ritschl Locke The reasonableness of Christianity --to those who “not only used their reason but used it in the “reasonable” manner Leibnitz Kant’s Religion within the limits of reason Jefferson Monticello’s judgment Christ did two things He corrected the Deism of the Jews and giving them juster notions of his attributes and government His moral doctrines were more pure and perfect than those of the most correct of the philosophers Jesus Christ is the great enlightener, the great teacher --- The things for which he stands are the same--a peaceful co-operative society achieved by moral training --- 19th century Schleiermacher of Speaches on Religion --- What they find offensive is not Christ, but the church with its teaching and ceremonies For Christ is in this presentation less the Jesus of the New Testament than the principle of mediateion between finite and infinite Christ belongs in culture…because culture without …becomes sterile and corrupt A clear cut representative of those who accommodate Christ to culture while selecting from culture what conforms most readily to Christ -----------------

19th century moved on from Kant, Jefferson and Schleiermacher to Hegel, Emerson, and Ritschl, from the religion within the limits of reason to the religion of humanity Today we are inclined to regaurd the whole period as the time of cultural Protestantism Though we make our criticism of its tendencies with the aid of such 19th century theologians as Kierkegard and F.D. Maurice