Lectures on the philosophy of religion Book

Abbreviations, Signs, and Symbols     ix
Frequently Cited Works     xiii
Editorial Introduction     1
Text, Title, and Translation     1
The Structure and Development of "The Consummate Religion"     9
Hegel's Lecture Manuscript     10
The Lectures of 1824     24
The Lectures of 1827     36
The Lectures of 1831     47
Comparative Analysis of the Structure of "The Consummate Religion"     54
The Consummate Religion
Hegel's Lecture Manuscript     61
Introduction     61
Definition of This Religion     61
Characteristics of This Religion     63
Abstract Concept     65
Concrete Representation     73
The Idea In and For Itself: The Triune God     77
The Idea in Diremption: Creation and Preservation of the Natural World     86
Appearance of the Idea in Finite Spirit: Estrangement, Redemption, and Reconciliation     90
Estrangement: Natural Humanity     92
Redemption and Reconciliation: Christ     109
Community, Cultus     133
Standpoint of the Community in General     133
The Origin of the Community     142
The Being of theCommunity; the Cultus     149
The Passing Away of the Community     158
The Lectures of 1824     163
Introduction     163
The Consummate Religion     163
The Revelatory Religion     170
The Religion of Truth and Freedom     171
Relation to Preceding Religions     172
The Metaphysical Concept of God     173
The Development of the Idea of God     185
The First Element: The Idea of God In and For Itself     189
The Second Element: Representation, Appearance     198
Differentiation     198
Differentiation within the Divine Life and in the World     198
Natural Humanity     201
Knowledge, Estrangement, and Evil     205
The Story of the Fall     207
Reconciliation     211
The Idea of Reconciliation and Its Appearance in a Single Individual     211
The Historical, Sensible Presence of Christ     216
The Death of Christ and the Transition to Spiritual Presence     219
The Third Element: Community, Spirit     223
The Origin of the Community     224
The Subsistence of the Community     233
The Realization of Faith      237
The Lectures of 1827     249
Introduction     249
Definition of This Religion     249
The Positivity and Spirituality of This Religion     251
Survey of Previous Developments     262
Division of the Subject     271
The First Element: The Idea of God In and For Itself     275
The Second Element: Representation, Appearance     290
Differentiation     290
Differentiation within the Divine Life and in the World     290
Natural Humanity     295
The Story of the Fall     300
Knowledge, Estrangement, and Evil     304
Reconciliation     310
The Idea of Reconciliation and Its Appearance in a Single Individual     310
The Historical, Sensible Presence of Christ     316
The Death of Christ and the Transition to Spiritual Presence     322
The Third Element: Community, Spirit     328
The Origin of the Community     330
The Subsistence of the Community     333
The Realization of the Spirituality of the Community     339
Appendixes
The Ontological Proof According to the Lectures of 1831     351
Excerpts by David Friedrich Strauss from a Transcript of the Lectures of 1831      359
Loose Sheets Relating to Hegel's Lecture Manuscript     375
Fragments from the Michelet Transcripts     387
Pagination of the Original Sources     389
Glossary     399
Index     409