Context, continuity, and discontinuity in Hans Schwarz's survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology

Abstract

Hans Schwarz begins his Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years in (or around) 1800. That date provides an appropriate point of departure, because about then a significant shift in outlook occurred, which marked the beginning of a new era in theology. The shift was from a static to a developmentalist view of the past and included a resulting emphasis on the contextual or historically rooted character of any theological proposal.