German Inventions - Religion and Ethics

Religion and Ethics

  • Christmas tree
  • Advent wreath by Johann Hinrich Wichern
  • Advent calendar
  • Easter Bunny
  • Protestantism and Lutheranism : in 1517, Martin Luther, an Augustinian priest, published The Ninety-Five Theses.
  • Kantianism by Immanuel Kant
  • German idealism

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