Hegel's Trinitarian claim : a critical reflection / Dale M. Schlitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlitt, Dale M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Religion.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Trinity--History of doctrines--19th century.

Trinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hegel's philosophical interpretation of Trinity as a dialectically developing movement of Spirit is one of the most profound readings of Trinity in Western thought. In Hegel's Trinitarian Claim, Dale M. Schlitt provides a careful, detailed presentation of this claim in Hegel's major published works and in his lectures on the philosophy of religion, taking a critical look at how Hegel presents his claim that to think of God as subject and person one must think of God as Trinity. Although agreeing with Hegel's conclusion, Schlitt argues on the basis of an immanent critique of Hegel's thought that Hegel is not able to defend that claim in the way in which he proposes to do so. Schlitt argues instead that Hegel's trinitarian claim can be justified when Spirit is no longer seen as a movement of thought but as a movement of enriching experience. This close analysis provides an excellent point of entry into the wider study and critical consideration of Hegel's systematic philosophical project as a whole. Originally published in 1984 and available now in paperback for the first time, this edition features a new preface and postscript.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Abbreviations of Works by Hegel

Introduction

Logic—Hegel’s Reformulation of the True Content of Trinity

Logic as Movement of Trinitarian Divine Subjectivity

Hegel’s Logic of Pure Thought

Hegel’s Explicit Trinitarian Texts

Overview of Hegel’s Explicit Trinitarian Thought and a Criterion for the Phenomenology

The Incarnational Immediacy of Trinitarian Reconciliation in the Phenomenology

Trinitarian Reconciliation in Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion Lectures

Reconstructing Hegel’s Trinitarian Envisionment

From Finite to Infinite

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438443768

1438443765

OCLC:

823727736