Hegel's interpretation of the religions of the world :
[Book]
the logic of the gods /
Jon Stewart.
First edition.
Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Hegel's Interpretation of the Religions of the World: The Logic of the Gods; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations of Primary Texts; Introduction: The Neglect of the Historical Dimension of Hegel's Philosophy of Religion; 1: Hegel's Methodology; 1.1. RELIGION AND HISTORY; 1.2. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION; 1.3. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DETERMINATE RELIGION; 1.4. THE RISE OF ORIENTALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1.5. CREUZER'S SYMBOLIK UND MYTHOLOGIE; 2: Immediate Religion: Magic
2.1. HEGEL'S SOURCES FOR "MAGIC"2.2. IMMEDIATE, DIRECT MAGIC; 2.3. MEDIATED, INDIRECT MAGIC; 2.4. THE FORMS OF OBJECTIFICATION; 2.5. EARLY CONCEPTIONS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH; 2.6. THE TRANSITION TO THE CHINESE RELIGION; 3: Chinese Religion: The Religion of Measure; 3.1. THE STATE OF SINOLOGY IN HEGEL'S TIME; 3.2. THE DIVINE AS TIAN; 3.3. THE EMPEROR; 3.4. THE SYSTEM OF MEASURES; 3.5. THE SPIRITS (QI, SHEN); 3.6. THE LACK OF SUBJECTIVE FREEDOM, AND SUPERSTITION; 4: Buddhism and Lamaism: The Religion of Being-within-Self; 4.1. HEGEL'S SOURCES; 4.2. THE CONCEPT: THE CULT OF NOTHINGNESS
4.3. THE LAMAS4.4. IMMORTALITY AND REINCARNATION; 5: Hinduism: The Religion of Imagination; 5.1. THE BIRTH OF INDOLOGY; 5.2. HEGEL'S SOURCES; 5.3. THE UNIVERSAL AND THE PARTICULAR: BRĀHMA; 5.4. THE TRIMURTI: BRAHMĀ, VISHNU, AND SHIVA; 5.5. THE FORMS OF WORSHIP: THE RELATION TO BRĀHMA; 5.6. THE FORMS OF WORSHIP: THE RELATION TO THE OTHER DEITIES; 5.7. THE LACK OF SUBJECTIVE FREEDOM; 6: Zoroastrianism: The Religion of the Good or Light; 6.1. THE STATE OF PERSIAN STUDIES IN HEGEL'S TIME; 6.2. LIGHT AND THE GOOD: ORMUZD; 6.3. DARKNESS AND EVIL: AHRIMAN
6.4. THE LESSER DEITIES: THE AMESHA SPENTAS, FRAVASHIS, AND YAZATAS6.5. WORSHIP; 6.6. THE TRANSITION TO THE EGYPTIAN RELIGION; 7: The Egyptian Religion: The Religion of Mystery; 7.1. THE BIRTH OF EGYPTOLOGY; 7.2. OSIRIS AND SETH; 7.3. THE EGYPTIAN CULT OF IMMORTALITY; 7.4. THE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS AND SYMBOLS; 7.5. THE COMBINING OF THE HUMAN AND THE ANIMAL; 7.6. THE EGYPTIAN GODDESS NEITH AND THE GREEK GOD APOLLO; 7.7. THE MYTH OF OEDIPUS AND THE SPHINX; 8: Judaism: The Religion of Sublimity; 8.1. HEGEL'S SOURCES; 8.2. GOD AS ONE; 8.3. GOD AS INTERVENING IN NATURE: SUBLIMITY
8.4. GOD'S PURPOSE IN THE WORLD8.4.1. Recognition; 8.4.2. Morality; 8.4.3. Evil and the Original Sin; 8.4.4. The Lord and the Servant; 8.5. THE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT STAGE; 9: Greek Polytheism: The Religion of Beauty; 9.1. CLASSICAL STUDIES IN HEGEL'S TIME; 9.2. HEGEL'S SOURCES; 9.3. THE INTERPRETATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF NATURE; 9.4. THE WAR OF THE GODS; 9.5. THE SHIFT FROM THE GODS OF NATURE TO THE GODS OF SPIRIT; 9.6. THE REDUCED ROLE OF ANIMALS; 9.7. FATE, DESTINY, AND NECESSITY; 9.8. THE DIVINE AS MANIFEST IN INNER FEELING AND EMOTION; 9.9. THE TRANSITION TO THE ROMAN RELIGION
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The present work is the first detailed study of Hegel's account of the religions of the world. It examines Hegel's rich analyses of Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Egyptian and Greek polytheism, and the Roman religion and shows how they are relevant for Christianity.
HEGEL'S INTERPRETATION OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD.