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Swedenborg, Oetinger, Kant : three perspectives on the secrets of heaven / Wouter J. Hanegraaff ; foreword by Inge Jonsson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanegraaff, Wouter J.
- Series:
- Swedenborg Studies
- Swedenborg studies ; no. 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772. Arcana coelestia.
- Swedenborg, Emanuel.
- Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph, 1702-1782.
- Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph.
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
- Kant, Immanuel.
- Heaven--Christianity.
- Heaven.
- New Jerusalem Church--Doctrines.
- New Jerusalem Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- West Chester, Pa. : Swedenborg Foundation, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this meticulous study, Wouter Hanegraaff examines the structure, themes, and development of Emanuel Swedenborg's massive work Secrets of Heaven ( Arcana Coelestia ), published between 1749 and 1756.
- Contents:
- Swedenborg's secrets of heaven
- A key to the secrets : Swedenborg's doctrine of correspondences
- The structure of secrets of heaven
- Method, history, and doctrine
- The method of biblical exegesis
- History and the styles of the word
- Teachings about charity and faith
- Biblical exegesis
- Genesis on the development of churches
- Genesis on the Lord's inner development
- Exodus on the spiritual church
- Accounts of memorable occurrences
- Heaven, hell, and their inhabitants
- The universal human constituted of angelic communities
- Hells and the process of spiritual devastation
- Oetinger, Kant, and the early reception of secrets of heaven
- The early reception of secrets of heaven
- Friedrich Christoph Oetinger
- Oetinger's first acquaintance with Swedenborg
- Swedenborgs and others earthly and heavenly philosophy
- From qualified acceptance to unqualified rejection
- Swedenborg in Oetinger's last works
- Immanuel Kant
- The Knobloch letter and the Herder fragments
- Dreams of a spirit seer
- Early reviews
- The later lectures on metaphysics
- What was at stake?
- Some later readers of secrets of heaven.
- Notes:
- Second printing 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87785-650-8
- OCLC:
- 857064815
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