In his Ethics of 1901, Wilhelm Herrmann describes the way from a natural form of morality to a Christian-moral life. Thereby religion seems to be the sheer consequence of morality. But that is only the first impression you get, when you analyze the theological concept of Herrmann's Ethics. Discussing the most central terms used by Hermann, such as "experience" and "trust", as well as the Christological concept, the article intends to detect morality as a necessary but insufficient prerequisite of faith. By identifying the method of Herrmann's Ethics as phenomenological, the genesis of faith can only be understood exemplarily. But - if faith in its origin is only an exemplary phenomenon - how can the content of theology be claimed to be true? The article deals with this question in its final part, where an interpretation of Herrmann's Ethics as a reconstruction of originating faith is outlined.

Enthalten in:
Kerygma und Dogma; 2011/4 Zeitschrift für theologische Forschung und kirchliche Lehre (2011)

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Serie / Reihe: Kerygma und Dogma

Personen: Dienstbeck, Stefan

Schlagwörter: Glaube Ethik Christologie Sittlichkeit