Karl Friedrich Stäudlin (July 25, 1761 – July 5, 1826) was a German Protestant theologian born in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

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He studied theology in Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

, and from 1790 was a professor of theology at the University of Göttingen, where in 1803 he was appointed Consistorialrath.

Stäudlin was a prominent supporter of Kantianism

Kantianism

Kantianism is the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher born in Königsberg, Prussia . The term Kantianism or Kantian is sometimes also used to describe contemporary positions in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and ethics.-Ethics:Kantian ethics are deontological, revolving entirely...

, and as his career progressed became an advocate of "rational Supranaturalism". His better known writings dealt with church history, moral theology

Moral theology

Moral theology is a systematic theological treatment of Christian ethics. It is usually taught on Divinity faculties as a part of the basic curriculum.- External links :*...

 and philosophy.

Selected publications

• Geschichte und Geist des Skeptizismus (History and Spirit of Skepticism), 1794
• Geschichte der philosophie und biblischen Moral (History of Philosophy and Biblical Morals), 1805
• Geschichte der christlichen Moral (History of Christian Morals), 1808
• Geschichte der theologischen Wissenschaften (History of Theological Science), 1810-11
• Geschichte des Rationalismus und Supernaturalismus (History of Rationalism and Supranaturalism), 1826