[연구논문] 트뢸취 유형론의 역사적 이해와 재구성

The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches by E. Troeltsch(l865-1923) is recognized a masterpiece of the Christian Social Ethics and the Religious Sociology nowadays. In this book, Troeltsch considered the christian history in the light of the three religious types (church-type, sect-type, and mysticism). He explained the character of each type historically, and developed it into a systematic theory. This is called Troeltsch' s Typology' (here after 'TT'), It is interpreted and reconstructed variously in the field of Religious Sociology, Biblical Theology, and Christian Social Ethics. Nevertheless, the historicaj analysis and evaluation of 'TT' has not been achieved sufficiently until now. Thus I gave attention to the historical analysis and evaluation of 'IT' in this article. In The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches, Troeltsch classified the christian groups of the western history into the term of church-type, sect-type, and mysticism. In order to clarify the character of these types. I divided the western christian history into the three periods, and surveyed each period in terms of the three types. The survey is based on the Troeltsch' s historical point of view. From this standpoint, I defined the Early Church Period as the Beginning Period' of the TI, the Mediaeval Church as the 'Molding Period' of the IT. and Protestantism after Reformation as the Developing Period' of the TT. Troeltsch' s distinctive criteria of the three types is the different social attitudes of the christian groups. Finally. for the evaluation of 'TT'. I considered the criticisms and the reconstructions of later scholars in the light of theological and sociological point of view. First. Troeltsch's historical approach is closer to the dogmatic history than to the social history. His approach assumes that a religious idea or dogma can have an important influence on society. But considering the situation of the specialized society and the pluralized religion. his theory is not