The edition presents the recently discovered diaries of Jena Church Historian Karl von Hase's research seminar. Between 1850 and 1883, the reading lists and research agenda of this institution as well as the participants' discussions of current issues in dogmatics and church policy were accurately recorded. The papers enable us to trace in detail how Hase transmitted his liberal views on theology, culture, and politics to students preparing for subsequent academic or ecclesiastical careers. As a result, the historian of higher (...) education can see that in the case of academic theology, the modern seminar went beyond the tasks of methodical historicist research to shape the minds of future academic elites through a close personal relationship with a teacher. (shrink)

This edition of previously unpublished correspondence from the archive of the New York Union Theological Seminary between young Charles Augustus Briggs and his teacher Isaak August Dorner dates from the second half of the 19th century. It offers insight into the transnational idea flow and interconfessional exchange on the understanding of theology. It is supplemented by letters from August Dorner jun. to Charles Briggs and two letters of recommendation that illustrate the density of the enticing web of intellectual relationships.

Hohe Überlieferungsdisziplin einer akademischen Institution und ein wenig Glück auf seiten des Historikers sind die Voraussetzung dafür, daß sich im Aktenmaterial eines Lehrstuhls bedeutende Quellen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert finden bzw. identifizieren lassen, die generationenlang den Weg ins reguläre Universitätsarchiv gescheut haben. Im Besitz des Jenaer Lehrstuhls für Kirchengeschichte haben zwei handschriftliche Protokollbücher überdauert, die einen lückenlosen Überblick über dreiunddreißig Jahre Arbeit der dogmatisch-historischen Klasse des Jenaer theologischen Seminars unter der Leitung des Kirchenhistorikers Karl von Hase geben. Sie werden hier (...) erstmals ediert. (shrink)