Albrecht Ritschl

Albrecht Ritschl
Born(1822-03-25)25 March 1822
Berlin, Prussia
Died20 March 1889(1889-03-20) (aged 66)
NationalityGerman
Spouse
Ida Rehbeck
(m. 1859; died 1869)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Halle
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineSystematic theology
School or traditionTübingen school
Institutions
Influenced

Albrecht Benjamin Ritschl (25 March 1822 – 20 March 1889) was a German Protestant theologian.

Starting in 1852, Ritschl lectured on systematic theology. According to this system, faith was understood to be irreducible to other experiences, beyond the scope of reason. Faith, he said, came not from facts but from value judgments. Jesus' divinity, he argued, was best understood as expressing "revelational-value" of Christ for the community that trusts him as God. He held the Christ's message to be committed to a community.[1]

  1. ^ "Ritschl, Albrecht." Cross, F. L., ed. The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005