Ian S WishartIan S. Wishart discovered Schleiermacher in Germany as a student on a World Council of Churches Scholarship. Raised in Toronto, he studied at universities there, in Scotland, and in Germany. A minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, he served n Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Newfoundland. Schleiermacher was among the preachers who influenced him: Stuart Parker and Stanley Glen in Canada, James Stewart in Scotland, Reinhold Niebuhr in the United States, Alan Boesak of South Africa. The teachung of these echo the tradition of thought from Augustine to Luther and Calvin, now followed by Karl Barth. Schleiermacher emphasized that Christianity depends upon preaching. This book was originally a study for Knox College, Toronto. Read More Read Less