Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought in the West: Volume 1

This is the first of a set of three volumes which provide a fresh appraisal of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth century in the West.

Ninian Smart (Edited by), John Clayton (Edited by), Patrick Sherry (Edited by), Steven T. Katz (Edited by)

9780521359641, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 July 1988

344 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.488 kg

This is the first of a set of three volumes which provide a fresh appraisal of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth century in the West. Some essays centre on major figures of the period; others cover topics, trends and schools of thought between the French Revolution and the First World War. The contributors are among the leading scholars in their field in Europe and North America. They seek to engage their subjects not only in order to see what was said but also why it was said and explore what is of lasting value in it. Readers, therefore, will find the essays not only highly informative about their subject matter but also distinctively personal contributions to the task of re-evaluating the thought of the nineteenth century. Contributions are sufficently clear to be of use to students in religious studies and cognate disciplines but have enough depth and detail to appeal to scholars.

1. Immanuel Kant Emil L. Fackenheim
2. J. G. Fichte and F. W. J. Schelling J. Henwood Thomas
3. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Peter C. Hodgson
4. Friedrich Schleiermacher B. A. Gerrish
5. Arthur Schopenhauer Richard Taylor
6. Soren Kierkgaard Alistair McKinnon
7. David Friedrich Strauss Hans Frei
8. Ferdinand Christian Baur Robert Morgan
9. Ludwig Feurbach and Karl Marx Van A. Harvey.

Subject Areas: Christian theology [HRCM]