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1.   David Friedrich Strauss: Conclusion, The Life of Jesus (c. 1835)
With his first major work of biblical criticism, The Life of Jesus (1835), the Protestant theologian David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) created a stir by postulating that Christ was a mortal....
2.   Excerpts from Two Sermons by Friedrich August Tholuck: "What is Human Reason Worth?" (c. 1840) and "When is Greater Civic Freedom Fortunate for a People?" (1848)
An active preacher and prolific writer, the Awakened theology professor Friedrich August Tholuck....
3.   Jakob Marx on the Exhibition of the Holy Shroud in Trier (1844)
In this passage from The History of the Holy Shroud in the Cathedral Church in Trier (1844), Professor Jakob Marx (1803-1876) of the Trier Theological Seminary vividly describes one example....
4.   L. von Rohden: Excerpts from The History of the Rhenish Missionary Society (1857)
This excerpt from L. von Rohden's History of the Rhenish Missionary Society (1857) describes the missionary activities of the Awakened (or born-again Christians) among "heathens" and Jews....
5.   Daniel Schenkel: Excerpts from The German Protestant Association (1868)
The Professor of Theology Daniel Schenkel (1813-1885) of the University of Heidelberg was a leading proponent of liberal Protestantism and co-founder of the German Protestant Association (1865).....
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