Bender, Wilhelm

(Fried rich), Ph.D. (Gbttingen, 1868), D.D. (same, lion., 1877), German Protestant; b. at Miinzeriberg, He e, Jan. 15, 1845 studied at Gdttingen and Gie en, 1863-66; and at the theological seminary at Friedberg, 1866- 67; became teacher of religion and a istant preacher at Worms, 1868; ordinary profe or of theology at Bonn, 1876. He is the author of Schleiermachers philosophise?!? Gotteslehre, Worms, 1865; Der Wunderbegriff des Neuen Testameyits, Frankfurt-a.-M., 1871; Schleiermachers Theologie mil ihren philosophischen Grundlagen, Nordlingen, 1876-78, 2 vols.; Fried rich Schleiermacher und die Frage nach dem Wesen der Religion, Bonn, 1877 Johann Conrad Dippel. Der Freigeist aus dem Pietism us, 1882; Reformation unci Kirchenthum, 18S3, 9th ed. 1884; Das Wesen der Religion und die Grundgesetze der Kirchenbildung, 1886 (1885), 3d ed. same year.