Eclipse of Grace offers original insights into the roots of modern theology by introducing systematic theologians and Christian ethicists to Hegel through a focus on three of his seminal texts: Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, and Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. * Presents brilliant and original insights into Hegel's significance for modern theology * Argues that, theologically, Hegel has been misconstrued and that much more can be gained by focusing on the logic that he develops out of an engagement with Christian doctrines * Features an original structure organized as a set of commentaries on individual Hegel texts, and not just presenting overviews of his entire corpus * Offers detailed engagement with Hegel's texts rather than relying on generalizations about Hegelian philosophy * Provides an illuminating, accessible and lucid account of the thinking of the major figures in modern German philosophy and theology
Nicholas Adams is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Habermas and Theology (2006).
Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Absolute Knowing 17 3 The Absolute Idea 117 4 God Existing as Community 166 5 Eclipse of Grace 220 Bibliography 228 Index 235
Show moreEclipse of Grace offers original insights into the roots of modern theology by introducing systematic theologians and Christian ethicists to Hegel through a focus on three of his seminal texts: Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, and Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. * Presents brilliant and original insights into Hegel's significance for modern theology * Argues that, theologically, Hegel has been misconstrued and that much more can be gained by focusing on the logic that he develops out of an engagement with Christian doctrines * Features an original structure organized as a set of commentaries on individual Hegel texts, and not just presenting overviews of his entire corpus * Offers detailed engagement with Hegel's texts rather than relying on generalizations about Hegelian philosophy * Provides an illuminating, accessible and lucid account of the thinking of the major figures in modern German philosophy and theology
Nicholas Adams is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Habermas and Theology (2006).
Acknowledgments ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Absolute Knowing 17 3 The Absolute Idea 117 4 God Existing as Community 166 5 Eclipse of Grace 220 Bibliography 228 Index 235
Show moreAcknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Absolute Knowing 17
3 The Absolute Idea 117
4 God Existing as Community 166
5 Eclipse of Grace 220
Bibliography 228
Index 235
Nicholas Adams is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Habermas and Theology (2006).
This is a really welcome book original, careful,admirably clear and patient in exposition, fully engaged withcontemporary debates, yet not simply reacting to the scholarship ofothers. This is a really welcome book original, careful,admirably clear and patient in exposition, fully engaged withcontemporary debates, yet not simply reacting to the scholarship ofothers ... Both iconoclastic and profoundly constructive, it hasthe capacity to change quite radically and for thebetter the way theologians approach the Hegeliancorpus." (Modern Theology, 16 September 2014) Nicholas Adams has produced a ground-breaking book thatcharts a clear course through the philosophical morass ofHegel s main works and discovers in Hegel s system oflogic more so than in his explicitly theological writings much that is of valuefor contemporary theology. While recognising that some ofHegel s writings are formidably difficult, especially forthose without prior acquaintance with Spinoza, Kant or Fichte,Adams offers a helpful guide for surmounting these obstacles andmakes a compelling case about why Hegel merits the seriousscholarly attention of theologians. (EuropeanJournal of Theology, 1 October 2013) Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students andresearchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 January2014)
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