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Though I don’t comprehend everything he is saying, I am nevertheless observing something remarkable in terms of encyclopedic knowledge as well as irenic engagement with figures he disagrees with.

But basically it appears that the impact of Kant, Schleiermacher, and Hegel in the field of Christian dogmatics was substantive, particularly by popularizing epistemological agnosticism and metaphysical pantheism.

“In a certain sense, Kant is an apologist. He defended morality, religion, and theology by completely separating them from knowledge and providing them their own foundational principle. He separates the intellect from the will, knowing and believing, head and heart, theoretical and practical reason…”

“The Reformed have conceptualized Christianity, not only as a religion but also as a worldview. Hence, natural theology can only be practiced by believers. Faith is necessary even here, just as it was with special revelation.”

“Calvin's starting point was God himself. He reasoned theologically, from God to his works, synthetically, deductively, proceeding from God in his entirety.. The Reformed proceeded from the divinity of God, from God as God.”

“The Roman Catholic schema is that of supranaturalism, of an objective dualism… the donum superadditum is characteristic here… Human beings without the donum superadditum are not sinful by definition, but they are of a lower order, remain in their lower condition, and will not be elevated to fellowship with God… for concupiscence dwells naturally in the flesh.”