Coleridge, philosophy, and religion : Aids to reflection and the mirror of the spirit / Douglas Hedley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedley, Douglas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Aids to reflection.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Philosophy.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Religion.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Contributions in religion.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Contributions in philosophy.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Coleridge, Philosophy & Religion

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Coleridge's relation to his German contemporaries constitutes the toughest problem in assessing his standing as a thinker. For the last half-century this relationship has been described, ultimately, as parasitic. As a result, Coleridge's contribution to religious thought has been seen primarily in terms of his poetic genius. This book revives and deepens the evaluation of Coleridge as a philosophical theologian in his own right. Coleridge had a critical and creative relation to, and kinship with, German Idealism. Moreover, the principal impulse behind his engagement with that philosophy is traced to the more immediate context of English Unitarian-Trinitarian controversy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book re-establishes Coleridge as a philosopher of religion and as a vital source for contemporary theological reflection.

Contents:

Prologue : explaining Coleridge's explanation

1. The true philosopher is the lover of God

2. Inner word : reflection as meditation

3. The image of God : reflection as imitating the divine spirit

4. God is truth : the faculty of reflection or human Understanding in relation to the divine Reason

5. The great instauration : reflection as the renewal of the soul

6. The vision of God : reflection culture, and the seed of a deiform nature

Epilogue : the candle of the Lord and Coleridge's legacy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-327) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11895-6

0-511-01148-2

1-280-42112-6

0-511-17351-2

0-511-15262-0

0-511-32760-9

0-511-48837-8

0-511-04929-3

OCLC:

437073109