Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works Introduction Freedom and Particularity in Schleiermacher's Early Ethical Anthropology Introduction to Part 1 Delineating the Ethical and the Theological 1Disciplinary Boundaries 2A Godless Europe Schleiermacher's Religious Doubt 1From Barby to Halle 2'To Cecilie' Quarrels with Kant on Freedom 1Necessity, Freedom, and Human Identity 2Schleiermacher's Kant and the Otherworldly Subject 3Schleiermacher's Quarrel with Kant on Freedom 4Temporality, Dialogue and Human Identity 5On Desire and Moral Motivation Conclusion Human Formation and Literary Form in Schleiermacher's Soliloquies(1800) Introduction to Part 2 Freedom and Formation Anew 1Beyond the Moral Law, and the Idea of Universal Reason 2Freedom and Rationality 3The Role of Language in the Ethical Life 4A New Approach to Freedom Schleiermacher's Commitment to Bildung 1Bildung in Berlin 2The Meaning of Bildung 3The Self Negotiated in Society 4Schleiermacher, Bildung, and the Question of Gender 5Schleiermacher's Project on the Colony in "New Holland" The Soliloquies 1An Idealistic Performance 2Imagination and Individualism 3Individuality and Immeasurability Conclusion Dialogue and Incarnation Introduction to Part 3 Schleiermacher's Dialogic Vision 1A Household at Christmas 2A Platonic Scheme? 3Authorial Passivity 4A Review from Kierkegaard Seeking the Infinite in the Midst of the Finite 1Schleiermacher's Speeches On Religion 2Interreligious Dialogue in Berlin A Theology of Finitude 1Barth's Critique of the Christmas Dialogue 2Music and the Transcendent Conclusion Epilogue List of Cited Works Index.