Christmas Sermons

“This volume of Schleiermacher’s extant Christmas sermons makes available to its Anglophone readers an accessible introduction to his incarnational theology. The distinguished editor’s postscripts and notes helpfully draw out developments within Schleiermacher’s thought from 1790-1833 by providing comparison with his other works, including Christian Faith and Christian Ethics. Readers will enjoy a new appreciation of the extent to which Schleiermacher’s theology is suffused with love, joy, and the active power of the divine Spirit.”


—Shelli Poe, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Millsaps College





“This volume presents a remarkable contribution. Like his 1806 Christmas Eve dialogue, Schleiermacher’s Christmas sermons provide a clear and accessible glimpse of the center point of his theology: the emergence of the new, redeemed life through the advent of Christ. Moreover, these eleven sermons, spanning from 1790-1833, chart significant lines of development in Schleiermacher’s Christology and his understandings of grace and sin. This is a rich resource for readers of Schleiermacher and of modern Christian thought.”


—Kevin Vander Schel, Gonzaga University, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies Department





“This is an deal first reading for new students; it can act as appetizer for further Schleiermacher studies.”


—Abraham V. Kunnuthura, author of Schleiermacher On Christian Consciousness on God's Work in History, Professor of Christian Theology at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India