Schleiermacher is the "Father of Modern Christianity." Discuss.

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was born in 1768 in what is now the modern country of Poland. On the question of Schleiermacher being the "Father of Modern Christianity" James states "Schleiermacher's bountiful theological legacy, which has influenced the later Protestant theologians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, earns this prestigious title for him."(James. 2000)

He was sent to live in one of the Moravian communities in the area after his mother's death. His mother died when he was aged around fifteen and his father was a soldier in the Prussian army and they were never reunited but remained in contact after this time. Due to his almost orphaned status the Moravian community took over his parenting. Schleiermacher was born towards the end of the Enlightenment and during the Romantic period. This gave him an interesting perspective. "As a result, modern Protestant...