The Essence of ChristianityCosimo, Inc., 1 déc. 2008 - 364 pages German philosopher and anthropologist LUDWIG ANDREAS VON FEUERBACH (1804-1872) was a powerful influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Feuerbach's atheism is reflected in their socialist philosophies, and that humanized theology-essentially, a rational approach to understanding concepts of God and Christianity-gets its greatest exploration here. In The Essence of Christianity-this is the classic 1853 translation of the 1841 German original-Feuerbach discusses the "true or anthropological" root of religion, exploring how everything from the nature of God to the mysteries of mysticism and prayer can be viewed through such a prism. He goes on to examine the "false" essences of religion, including contradictions in ideas of the existence of a deity, and then how God and religion are merely expressions of human emotion. This is essential background reading for understanding everything from Marx's Communist Manifesto to modern apolitical philosophies of atheism. |
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... Self 284 4. Distinction between the Pantheistic and Personal God 285 5. Nature without Interest for Christians 287 6. In God Man is his Own Object 289 7. Christianity the Religion of Suffering 292 8. Mystery of X CONTENTS .
... Self 284 4. Distinction between the Pantheistic and Personal God 285 5. Nature without Interest for Christians 287 6. In God Man is his Own Object 289 7. Christianity the Religion of Suffering 292 8. Mystery of X CONTENTS .
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... Pantheism ; in the chapter on the " Standpoint of Religion , " where I discuss the contradictions between the religious or theological and the physical or natural - philo- sophical view of Nature , I refer to philosophy in the age ...
... Pantheism ; in the chapter on the " Standpoint of Religion , " where I discuss the contradictions between the religious or theological and the physical or natural - philo- sophical view of Nature , I refer to philosophy in the age ...
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... pantheist : the Divine being is absolutely without will or action , indifferent , knowing nothing of the discrimination between evil and good . But he who defines God as an active being , and not only so , but as morally active and ...
... pantheist : the Divine being is absolutely without will or action , indifferent , knowing nothing of the discrimination between evil and good . But he who defines God as an active being , and not only so , but as morally active and ...
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... pantheists . The belief in God - at least in the God of reli- gion - is only lost where , as in scepticism , pantheism , and materialism , the belief in man is lost , at least in man such as he is presupposed in religion . As little ...
... pantheists . The belief in God - at least in the God of reli- gion - is only lost where , as in scepticism , pantheism , and materialism , the belief in man is lost , at least in man such as he is presupposed in religion . As little ...
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... pantheistic , the love of the universe ; but the grand characteristic of religion , and of the Christian reli- gion especially , is that it is thoroughly anthropotheistic , the exclusive love of man for himself , the exclusive self ...
... pantheistic , the love of the universe ; but the grand characteristic of religion , and of the Christian reli- gion especially , is that it is thoroughly anthropotheistic , the exclusive love of man for himself , the exclusive self ...
Table des matières
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The Mystery of the Suffering God | 59 |
The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God | 65 |
The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image | 74 |
The Mystery of the Cosmogonical Principle in God | 80 |
APPENDIX | 279 |
The Religious Emotions Purely Human | 281 |
God is Feeling Released from Limits | 283 |
God is the Highest Feeling of Self | 284 |
Distinction between the Pantheistic and Personal God | 285 |
Nature without Interest for Christians | 287 |
In God Man is his Own Object | 289 |
Christianity the Religion of Suffering | 292 |
The Mystery of Mysticism or of Nature in God | 87 |
The Omnipotence of Feeling or the Mystery of Prayer | 120 |
The Mystery of FaithThe Mystery of Miracle | 126 |
The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous Conception | 135 |
The Mystery of the Christian Christ or the Personal God | 140 |
The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism | 150 |
The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism | 160 |
The Christian Heaven or Personal Immortality | 170 |
PART II | 185 |
The Contradiction in the Existence of God | 197 |
The Contradiction in the Revelation of God | 204 |
The Contradiction in the Nature of God in General | 213 |
The Contradiction in the Speculative Doctrine of God | 226 |
The Contradiction in the Trinity | 232 |
The Contradiction in the Sacraments | 236 |
The Contradiction of Faith and Love | 247 |
Concluding Application | 270 |
Mystery of the Trinity | 293 |
Creation out of Nothing | 297 |
Egoism of the Israelitish Religion | 298 |
The Idea of Providence | 299 |
Contradiction of Faith and Reason | 304 |
The Resurrection of Christ | 306 |
The Christian a Supermundane Being | 307 |
The Celibate and Monachism | 308 |
The Christian Heaven | 315 |
What Faith Denies on Earth it Affirms in Heaven | 316 |
Contradictions in the Sacraments | 317 |
Contradiction of Faith and Love | 320 |
Results of the Principle of Faith | 326 |
Contradiction of the GodMan | 334 |
Anthropology the Mystery of Theology | 336 |
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