August Detlev Christian Twesten (born in

Glückstadt Glückstadt (; da, Lykstad) is a town in the Steinburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Lower Elbe at the confluence of the small Rhin river, about northwest of Altona. Glückstadt is part of the ...

, April 11, 1789; died in

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, January 8, 1876) was a

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Biography

He studied at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

, and for a period of time, worked as a gymnasium teacher in Berlin. In 1814 he returned to Kiel as an associate professor of philosophy and theology, and soon ranked next to

Claus Harms Claus Harms (25 May 1778 in Fahrstedt – 1 February 1855 in Kiel) was a German clergyman and theologian. Life Harms was born at Fahrstedt in Schleswig, and in his youth worked in his father's mill. At the University of Kiel he repudiated ...

in the Lutheran church of

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. In 1835 he succeeded

Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional P ...

at the

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, and in 1850 became a member of the new supreme ecclesiastical council of the United Evangelical Church. He was one of the chief representatives of those who strive to reconcile the views of Schleiermacher with orthodox Lutheranism.ADB:Twesten, August Detlev Christian
In:

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(ADB). Band 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, S. 30–34.

Published works

*''Vorlesungen über die Dogmatik der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche'' ("Lectures on the dogma of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"; 2 vols., Hamburg, 1826–37). *''Grundriss der analytischen Logik'' ("Outline of analytical logic"; Kiel, 1834). *''Friedrich Schleiermachers Grundriss der philosophischen Ethik'' ("Schleiermacher's ''Grundriss der philosophischen Ethik''", 1841).

Family

His son

Karl Twesten Karl Twesten (April 22, 1820 in Kiel – October 14, 1870 in Berlin) was a German politician and author. Biography He was the son of German theologian August Detlev Christian Twesten. He became connected with the judicial service, and was one of ...

was a noted politician and author.

References

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