Religion in the Age of Romanticism - Studies in Early Nineteenth-Century Thought

Klappentext This book presents studies of early-nineteenth-century religious thought in Germany! France and Italy in so far as it reflected the influence of the Romantic movement. Romanticism may be notoriously difficult to define! but the cast of mind usually associated with it -- manifest in philosophy! theology and social theory as well as in literature! music and the visual arts -- is never hard to detect! even though the forms of its expression may vary widely. Zusammenfassung This title presents studies of early-19th century religious thought in Germany! France and Italy in so far as it reflected the influence of the Romantic movement. The writers considered! who include Schelling and Comte! searched for a "middle way" between orthodoxy and disbelief. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Romanticism, idealism and religious belief; 2. Schleiermacher on the religious consciousness; 3. Hegel and Christianity; 4. The idea of God in the philosophy of Schelling; 5. German Catholic theology in the Romantic era; 6. Italian ontologism: Gioberti and Rosmini; 7. Lamennais and Paroles d'un Croyant; 8. Auguste Comte and the religion of humanity; 9. Ernest Renan and the relgion of science; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: B. M. G. Reardon, Bernard M. G. Reardon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.1985
• EAN: 9780521317450
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31745-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works