Hegel's Philosophy of the Historical Religions

by Bart Labuschagne (Editor), Timo Slootweg (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004226180
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/19/2012
Series:	Critical Studies in German Idealism Series , #6
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.

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.

Table of Contents

Volume Foreword vii

Frequently Cited works and Abbreviations ix

Editorial Introduction Bart Labuschange Timo Slootweg xi

Religion of Nature Heinz Kimmerle 1

Hegel on Chinese Religion Sander Griffioen 21

Hinduism: A Religion of Fantasy Paul Cruysberghs 31

Avoiding Nishilism by Affirming Nothing: Hegel on Buddhism Henk Oosterling 51

The Religions of Persis, Syria and Egypt: The Transition from the Natural to the Spiritual Herman van Erip 79

Religion in the Form of Art Paul Cobben 99

Hegel's Philosophy of Judaism Timo Slootweg 125

Hegel and the Roman Religion: The Religion of Expediency and purposiveness Bart Labuschange 157

Hegel on Catholic Religion Peter Jonkers 177

A Religion After Christinaity? Hegel's Interpretation of Islam Between Judaism and Christianity Gerrit Steunebrink 207

Hegel and Protestantism Lu De Vos 243

Contributors 275

Index of Persons 279