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Shapes of Freedom: Hegel's Philosophy of World History in Theological Perspective
Shapes of Freedom: Hegel's Philosophy of World History in Theological Perspective
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Peter C. Hodgson explores Hegel's bold vision of history as the progress of the consciousness of freedom. Following an introductory chapter on the textual sources, the key categories, and the modes of writing history that Hegel distinguishes, Hodgson presents a new interpretation of Hegel's
conception of freedom. Freedom is not simply a human production, but takes shape through the interweaving of the divine idea and human passions, and such freedom defines the purpose of historical events in the midst of apparent chaos. Freedom is also a process that unfolds through stages of
historical/cultural development and is oriented to an end that occurs within history (the 'kingdom of freedom'). The purpose and the process of history are tragic, however, because history is also a 'slaughterhouse' that shatters even the finest human creations and requires a constant rebuilding.
Hegel's God is not a supreme being or 'large entity' but the 'true infinite' that encompasses the finite. History manifests the rule of God ('providence'), and it functions as the justification of God ('theodicy'). But the God who rules in and is justified by history is a crucified God who takes the
suffering, anguish, and evil of the world into and upon godself, accomplishing reconciliation in the midst of ongoing estrangement and inescapable death. Shapes of Freedom addresses these themes in the context of present-day questions about what they mean and whether they still have validity.
Author: Peter C. Hodgson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/18/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199654956
conception of freedom. Freedom is not simply a human production, but takes shape through the interweaving of the divine idea and human passions, and such freedom defines the purpose of historical events in the midst of apparent chaos. Freedom is also a process that unfolds through stages of
historical/cultural development and is oriented to an end that occurs within history (the 'kingdom of freedom'). The purpose and the process of history are tragic, however, because history is also a 'slaughterhouse' that shatters even the finest human creations and requires a constant rebuilding.
Hegel's God is not a supreme being or 'large entity' but the 'true infinite' that encompasses the finite. History manifests the rule of God ('providence'), and it functions as the justification of God ('theodicy'). But the God who rules in and is justified by history is a crucified God who takes the
suffering, anguish, and evil of the world into and upon godself, accomplishing reconciliation in the midst of ongoing estrangement and inescapable death. Shapes of Freedom addresses these themes in the context of present-day questions about what they mean and whether they still have validity.
Author: Peter C. Hodgson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/18/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199654956
About the Author
Peter C. Hodgson is a graduate of Princeton University (AB) and Yale University (BD, MA, PhD). From 1965 to 2003 he was Professor of Theology in the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of various books in historical and systematic theology; series editor of the Oxford Hegel Lectures Series; and editor and translator of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of World History, and Proofs of the Existence of God.
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