HASE, KARL AUGUST VON (1800-1890), German Protestant theologian and Church historian, was born at Steinbach, Saxony on Aug. 25, i800. He studied at Leipzig and Erlangen, and was professor of theology at Jena from 1829 to 1883. He died at Jena on Jan. 3, 189o. Hase's aim was to reconcile modern culture with historical Christianity in a scientific way. His views are presented scientifically in his Evangelisch-protestantische Dog matik (1826; 6th ed., 187o), the value of which "lies partly in the full and judiciously chosen historical materials prefixed to each dogma, and partly in the skill, caution and tact with which the permanent religious significance of various dogmas is discussed" (Otto Pfleiderer). More popular in style is his Gnosis oder prot. evang. Glaubenslehre (3 vols., 1827-29; end ed., 1869-7o). But his reputation rests chiefly on his treatment of Church history in his Kirchengeschichte, Lehrbuch zundclist fur akademische V or lesungen (1834, 12th ed. ; 1900) .
For his life see his Ideate and Irrtiimer (1872; 5th ed., 1894) and Annalen meines Lebens (1891) ; R. Biirkner, Karl von Hase (1900) . See also O. Pfleiderer, Development of Theology (189o) ; F. Lichten berger, Hist. of German Theology (1889) .