Alois Emanuel Biedermann

Alois Emanuel Biedermann (2 March 1819, in Münchhof near Bendlikon – 25 January 1885, in Zürich) was a Swiss Protestant theologian.

He was a prominent dogmatician of the so-called "Young Hegelian" school of thought,[1] and an important advocate of "free Christianity" in Switzerland.

In addition to Schleiermacher and Hegel, another important influence was a contemporary, the German theologian David Friedrich Strauss.

[3][4] From 1843 to 1850 he served as pastor in the town of Münchenstein, and during this time period (1845–50), with David Fries (1818–1875), he was editor of Kirche der Gegenwart, a publication of speculative-critical theology.

[1][2] He was a member of the Schweizerischer Zofingerverein (Swiss Zofinger Society) and a participant in Alfred Escher's Mittwochsgesellschaft.