Translated and edited by Robert Morgan and Michael Pye

"The revival of interest in the writings of Ernst Troeltsch has been phenomenal.... The substantial introduction, along with the translations, in the Morgan and Pye volume, has given a decisive stimulus to, and interpretation of, the revival. Seldom does one encounter... such a probing, fertile inquirer as Troeltsch." -James Luther Adams, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Divinity, Emeritus, The Divinity School, Harvard University

"This volume contains four of Troeltsch's most important essays They lay the foundations of Troeltsch's theological program, which offered a visionary and prophetic response to the challenges of late modernity." Peter C. Hodgson, Professor of Theology, Vanderbilt University

"An excellent selection, fluently translated and ably edited. The themes of these four pioneering essays are still at the forefront of theological discussion today."-B. A. Gerrish, The Divinity School, University of Chicago

Robert Morgan and Michael Pye present, in English translation, four of the best-known essays on method in theology and the scientific study of religion by Ernst Troeltsch, German theologian and philosopher of history.