Born in Japan, Toshimasa Yasukata received a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He is now Professor of European Intellectual History at Seigakuin University in Saitama, Japan. Among his previous publications is Ernst Troeltsch: Systematic Theologian of Radical Historicality, which appeared in the American Academy of Religion's Academy Series. His current research centers on Sebastian Franck and panentheism.

The most comprehensive work we have in English on Lessing's religious views and a very welcoms supplement to more specialized studies of specific features of Lessing's religious thought.

• Abbreviations ; Note on Texts and Translations ; Introduction ; 1. Lessing and Christianity ; 2. The Religious Thought of the Young Lessing ; 3. The Controversy between Lessing and Goeze ; 4. Lessing's "Ugly Broad Ditch" ; 5. Nathan the Wise and Lessing's "Ideal of Humanity" ; 6. Lessing's Basic Thought in The Education of the Human Race ; 7. Lessing's "Spinozism" ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Born in Japan, Toshimasa Yasukata received a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He is now Professor of European Intellectual History at Seigakuin University in Saitama, Japan. Among his previous publications is Ernst Troeltsch: Systematic Theologian of Radical Historicality, which appeared in the American Academy of Religion's Academy Series. His current research centers on Sebastian Franck and panentheism.

The most comprehensive work we have in English on Lessing's religious views and a very welcoms supplement to more specialized studies of specific features of Lessing's religious thought.

• Abbreviations ; Note on Texts and Translations ; Introduction ; 1. Lessing and Christianity ; 2. The Religious Thought of the Young Lessing ; 3. The Controversy between Lessing and Goeze ; 4. Lessing's "Ugly Broad Ditch" ; 5. Nathan the Wise and Lessing's "Ideal of Humanity" ; 6. Lessing's Basic Thought in The Education of the Human Race ; 7. Lessing's "Spinozism" ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Born in Japan, Toshimasa Yasukata received a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He is now Professor of European Intellectual History at Seigakuin University in Saitama, Japan. Among his previous publications is Ernst Troeltsch: Systematic Theologian of Radical Historicality, which appeared in the American Academy of Religion's Academy Series. His current research centers on Sebastian Franck and panentheism.

The most comprehensive work we have in English on Lessing's religious views and a very welcoms supplement to more specialized studies of specific features of Lessing's religious thought.

• Abbreviations ; Note on Texts and Translations ; Introduction ; 1. Lessing and Christianity ; 2. The Religious Thought of the Young Lessing ; 3. The Controversy between Lessing and Goeze ; 4. Lessing's "Ugly Broad Ditch" ; 5. Nathan the Wise and Lessing's "Ideal of Humanity" ; 6. Lessing's Basic Thought in The Education of the Human Race ; 7. Lessing's "Spinozism" ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index