Karl Holl [SEP] place of death
Karl Holl
Karl Holl (May 15, 1866—May 23, 1926 in Berlin) was a Professor of theology and church history at Tübingen and Berlin and is considered one of the most influential church historians of his era.
Life.
Karl Holl studied philosophy and theology at the Tübinger Stift. He became a member of the Studentenverbindung (student association) Normannia. While serving as a minister in Württemberg, he completed his doctorate and became the lead tutor ("Repetent") at the Tübinger Stift in 1891. From
and challenge of theological liberalism to be that of preserving the fundamentals while adapting to new historical conditions. He held that
His essay on "Luther's Faith" captures the teaching instilled by Karl Holl and the "Luther Renaissance" that Reformation faith is first and foremost a religion of conscience. Agreeing with Karl Holl's book, "The Cultural Significance of the Reformation", Pauck took issue with Reinhold Niebuhr's view of Luther as lacking a social impact, while he simultaneously accorded a place of honor to Troeltsch's teaching