Hegel's Philosophy of the Historical Religions

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22618-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Critical Studies in German Idealism

No topic ever disquieted Hegel more than that of Religion. It haunted him, and he wrestled with it all during his life: from his brilliant youthful writings on spirit of Judaism and Christianity, up until the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion of 1831. Of the ‘Determinate Religions’, Hegel wrote many profound and exhilarating philosophical interpretations. This volume brings together a collection of critical essays that discuss Hegel’s relation to each of these historical Religions, including the Islam, and (of course) the ‘revealed’ religion of Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism). All chapters aim to shed light on the intriguing development of Hegel’s conception of the dialectic of Religion. Taken together, they develop a comprehensive view of Hegel’s philosophy of the historical Religions. His grandiose and provocative perceptions and ‘thought-scapes’ enhance the appetite for the - much needed - philosophical appreciation of the phenomenon of religion.

Zielgruppe

Philosophers; Theologians; those interested in the History of Ideas; students / scolars in Religious Studies; anyone interested in the Cultural and Political values of Religion. Those specialized in the Philosophy of German Idealism; Hegelians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Labuschagne, Bart

Slootweg, Timo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors include: Heinz Kimmerle, Paul Cruysberghs, Peter Jonkers, Henk Oosterling, Lu de Vos, Gerrit Steunebrink, Sander Griffioen, Herman van Erp, Paul Cobben, Bart Labuschagne and Timo Slootweg.

HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY OF THE HISTORICAL RELIGIONS

VOLUME FOREWORD
PAUL COBBEN (TILBURG UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS)

FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS AND ABBREVIATIONS

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
BART LABUSCHAGNE AND TIMO SLOOTWEG

RELIGION OF NATURE
HEINZ KIMMERLE

HEGEL ON CHINESE RELIGION
SANDER GRIFFIOEN

HINDUISM: A RELIGION OF FANTASY
PAUL CRUYSBERGHS

AVOIDING NIHILISM BY AFFIRMING NOTHING. HEGEL ON BUDDHISM
HENK OOSTERLING

THE RELIGIONS OF PERSIA, SYRIA AND EGYPT. THE TRANSITION FROM THE NATURAL TO THE SPIRITUAL
HERMAN VAN ERP

RELIGION IN THE FORM OF ART
PAUL COBBEN

HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM
TIMO SLOOTWEG

HEGEL AND THE ROMAN RELIGION. THE RELIGION OF EXPEDIENCY AND PURPOSIVENESS
BART LABUSCHAGNE

HEGEL ON CATHOLIC RELIGION
PETER JONKERS

A RELIGION AFTER CHRISTIANITY? HEGEL’S INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
GERRIT STEUNEBRINK

HEGEL AND PROTESTANTISM
LU DE VOS

CONTRIBUTORS

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Über Autor(innen)

Labuschagne, Bart
Bart C. Labuschagne, Ph.D. (1995), Groningen University, teaches Philosophy of Law at Leiden University (The Netherlands). He has published on the Civil Dimension of Religion as the Spiritual foundation of Law and Politics, recently: Religion, Politics and Law. Philosophical Reflections on the Sources of Normative Order in Society, co-edited with R.W. Sonnenschmidt, Leiden/Boston: Brill 2009.

Slootweg, Timo
Timo J.M. Slootweg, Ph.D. (2000) Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) lectures in Philosophy of Law and Ethics at Leiden University. His publications are concerned with the relation between Law and Love; Knowledge and Faith; Existentialism and Personalism; Dialectical and Dialogical theology; Postmodernism. His thesis dealt with the Idea of Historical Consciousnees and Historicity in the Philosophies of Hegel, Heidegger and Derrida.