Eclipse of Grace (eBook)

Divine and Human Action in Hegel

Nicholas Adams (Autor)

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2013
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-46586-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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).

Inhalt

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

Rezensionen

"This is a really welcome book--original, careful,
admirably clear and patient in exposition, fully engaged with
contemporary debates, yet not simply reacting to the scholarship of
others. This is a really welcome book--original, careful,
admirably clear and patient in exposition, fully engaged with
contemporary debates, yet not simply reacting to the scholarship of
others . . . Both iconoclastic and profoundly constructive, it has
the capacity to change quite radically--and for the
better--the way theologians approach the Hegelian
corpus." (Modern Theology, 16 September 2014)

"Nicholas Adams has produced a ground-breaking book that
charts a clear course through the philosophical morass of
Hegel's main works and discovers in Hegel's system of
logic - more so than in his explicitly
"theological" writings - much that is of value
for contemporary theology. While recognising that some of
Hegel's writings are formidably difficult, especially for
those without prior acquaintance with Spinoza, Kant or Fichte,
Adams offers a helpful guide for surmounting these obstacles and
makes a compelling case about why Hegel merits the serious
scholarly attention of theologians." (European
Journal of Theology, 1 October 2013)

"Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and
researchers/faculty." (Choice, 1 January
2014)

"Nicholas Adams has a rare gift for explicating complex
philosophical texts from the continental tradition with clarity and
incisiveness. This book will be an indispensable tool for students
in both philosophy and dogmatic theology who seek to understand the
continuing significance of Hegel's philosophical
challenge."--Sarah Coakley, University of
Cambridge

"A formidably good book, and one of the best pieces of
theologically-interested work on Hegel to appear in recent
decades. Written with calm confidence and independence of
mind, it enables students of Hegel to identify and undo
persistent misconstruals of his philosophy, and shows by
example how they might more profitably go to work on Hegel's
texts. Read at a good slow pace, the book is a conversation with an
excellent teacher who unties knots in one's mind and teaches
one how to read and think well."--John Webster,
King's College, University of Aberdeen

"A marvelously lucid and pedagogically canny study of the
uses to which Hegelian thought can be put in theology ... With
consummate analytic rigor, Adams patiently analyzes selected
passages from the Phenomenology, as well as from Hegel's
logical works and his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. The
interpretations are uniformly illuminating and some are quite
brilliant."--Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre
Dame

"Although approached through the care and modesty of
closely reading of some key passages in Hegel's oeuvre, this study
not only offers an exceptionally lucid account of Hegel's thinking,
it is nothing short of a major re-evaluation. At last, Hegel's
contribution to philosophical theology receives the treatment it
deserves with both elegance and intelligence. A genuine
achievement!"--Graham Ward, University of
Oxford

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.2.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Barth • brilliantly • Century • Contemporary • Eclipse • ethicists • focus • Grace • Great • groundbreaking • Hegel • Liability • Logic • often • Order • Philosophy • Religion • Religion & Theology • Religion u. Theologie • Study • Systematic • Systematic Theology • Systematische Theologie • theologians • theologians anyone • Theological • Three • twentieth
• ISBN-10: 1-118-46586-5 / 1118465865
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-46586-8 / 9781118465868