Christology of Hegel

James Yerkes is Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion.

"The Christology of Hegel by James Yerkes can take its place among the finest studies in Hegel's philosophy of religion in any language. The price of admission to Hegel scholarship of this quality runs high, and Yerkes has paid it. He has mastered all the relevant texts in Hegel's corpus, moving among them with easy familiarity. He has read widely in the best of the secondary literature; the organization of his study shows magisterial command, and he turns his scholarship to the service of well-formulated contemporary issues." — The Journal of Religion"It is extraordinarily intelligent, eminently intelligible, and lucidly clear—which last can be said of very few works on Hegel." — International Studies in Philosophy"Exposes with unprecedented precision, the central significance of the Christian faith in Hegel's philosophy." — Religious Studies Review"Excels in breadth of topic and boldness of execution." — International Philosophical Quarterly

• Preface Abbreviations Introduction Why Hegel?Why Hegel's Christology?1. Christology, Christianity and Volksreligion: The Jugendschriften and the Volkserzieher The Aspiration of the Volkserzieher: A New VolksreligionThe Critique of the Volkserzieher; The Search for a Usable PastThe Theoretical Critique: The Role of Reason and Virtue ReligionThe Historical Critique: The Problem of "Positivity" and "Human Nature"The Doubts of the Volkserzieher: Reasons for PauseThe Developing Political Situation in GermanyThe Problem of Destiny: Judaism and ChristianityThe Transition from Volkserzieher to Philosopher: The Passion for Unity2. Christology and Religion: The Religious Context of Christological Interpretation The Theoretical Characteristics of ReligionReligion as a Dialectical Movement of Reflective ConsciousnessReligion as a Form of Thinking RepresentationThe Practical Characteristics of ReligionReligion as Cultus and GemeindeReligion as Recht and Sittlichkeit3. Christology and Religion: The Christological Fulfillment of Religious Consciousness The Theoretical Significance of the IncarnationChristology and the Incarnational PrincipleChristology and the "History of God"The Practical Significance of the IncarnationChristology and the Life of the ChurchChristology, Secular Life, and World History4. Christology, Theology and Philosophy: A Methodological Inquiry Theology and the Christian ReligionTheology and Christian VorstellungenTheology and Its Hermeneutic PresuppositionsFundamental and Dogmatic Theology: A ProposalTheology and PhilosophyThe Goal of Philosophy and the Theological TaskThe Form of Philosophy and the Theological TaskThe Content of Philosophy and the Theological TaskThe Scope of Philosophy and the Theological TaskThe Problem of the Hermeneutic CircleTheology and Hegel's Lectures on Philosophy of ReligionThe Significance of the LPR for the Task of Fundamental TheologyThe Relation of the LPR to the Larger Speculative SystemConclusion Hegel's Christology in RetrospectHegel's Christology in ProspectNotes Selected Bibliography Index