Gertrud von le Fort - Friedrich Gogarten

This volume presents the previously unpublished correspondence between the writer Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971) and the theologian Friedrich Gogarten (1887–1967). It also contains short texts by both authors published before 1920, which are not easily accessible. Both the letters and the texts vividly characterize the thinking of Gertrud von le Fort and Gogarten, who later turned out to be two of the most renowned students of Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), the Heidelberg religious philosopher and theologian. Particularly worth mentioning among these texts are the ‘Emigrant Songs’ by Gertrud von le Fort, which provide an additional perspective to understanding her ‘Hymns to the Church’ (1924).