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Is Schleiermacher known for reconciling Enlightenment criticisms with Protestant Christianity?

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Yes, Schleiermacher is known for reconciling Enlightenment criticisms with Protestant Christianity. His 1800 Speeches on Religion to Its Cultured Despisers attempted to show that religion was compatible with reason and that Christianity could be made relevant to the modern world. Schleiermacher also argued that religion was not a matter of dogma or doctrine, but of feeling and experience.
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