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1 online resource |
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American Academy of Religion reflection and theory in the study of religion series |
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Reflection and theory in the study of religion.
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- Lessing's Significance for German Intellectual History -- Lessing and Modern Protestant Theology -- Tasks of Lessing Studies -- The Question of Methodology for Lessing Studies |
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1. LESSING AND CHRISTIANITY -- Lessing's Formative Period (Bildungsjahre) -- Lessing and the Fragments Controversy (Fragmentenstreit) -- Lessing's Theological Position -- Lessing and the Pursuit of Truth -- Salient Features of Lessing's Theological Thought |
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2. THE RELIGIOUS THOUGHT OF THE YOUNG LESSING -- The Young Lessing and His Religious Skepticism -- The Young Lessing and His Theological Critique -- The Ideal of Universal Humanity as Expressed in the Comedy The Jews -- Lessing's Speculative Reflections in The Christianity of Reason |
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3. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN LESSING AND GOEZE -- Beginning and Development of the Controversy -- Goeze's Attack -- Lessing's Defense -- Lessing's Anti-Goeze |
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4. LESSING'S UGLY BROAD DITCH -- The Proof of the Spirit and of Power -- Truths of History and Truths of Reason -- The Inner Truth of Religion -- Genuine Christian Love -- The Authenticity of Lessing's Ugly Ditch -- Lessing's Problem and Peter's Problem |
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5. NATHAN THE WISE AND LESSING'S IDEAL OF HUMANITY -- The Background and Main Theme of Nathan the Wise -- The Parable of the Three Rings -- The Truth Claim of a Historical Religion in the Interim -- Nathan and the Education of Humanity -- The Essence of Nathan's Reason |
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6. LESSING'S BASIC THOUGHT IN The Education of the Human Race -- Basic Features of The Education of the Human Race -- Basic Structure of The Education of the Human Race -- Lessing's Historical Position -- Revelation as the Education of the Human Race -- Revelation and Reason: (1) The Old Testament Age -- Revelation and Reason: (2) The New Testament Age -- A New Eternal Gospel and the Completion of the Human Race -- The idea of reincarnation -- A dialectical view of revelation and reason |
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7. LESSING'S SPINOZISM -- The Beginning of the Pantheismusstreit -- The Spinoza Conversations between Lessing and Jacobi -- Jacobi and Spinozism -- Mendelssohn and Refined Pantheism -- Lessing's Hen kai Pan -- Lessing's Panentheism -- Lessing's View of God and the World |
| Summary |
On the basis of intensive study of the entire corpus of Lessing's philosophical and theological writings as well as the extensive secondary literature, the author leads the reader into the systematic core of Lessing's highly elusive religious thought |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index |
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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781 -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781 fast |
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Enlightenment -- Germany
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Enlightenment
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Intellectual life
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Religion
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054608
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Germany
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0195144945 |
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9780195144949 |
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