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The Essence of Christianity

Gelesen von Rom Maczka

(4,9 Sterne; 10 Bewertungen)

Taking issue with Hegel's sense that God, as Logos, is somehow central to all that is, Feuerbach explores his own notion that Christianity, as religion, grew quite naturally from ordinary human observation. Only upon deeper, systematic reflection did people postulate a divine source--God. Religious teaching which loses sight of its own essential rootedness in human experience runs the risk becoming overly abstract, disconnected even, from realities which shape humanity and which impart meaning and dignity to life. Fuerbach illustrates this not only on the example of the doctrine of God, but also with respect to creation, prayer, miracles, Trinitarianism, sacramentalism, and other dogmas at the core of Christianity. (Introduction by Rom Maczka) (14 hr 31 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface, Part I

19:50

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01 - Preface, Part II

18:20

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02 - The Essential Nature of Man

34:53

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03 - The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part I

34:26

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04 - The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part II

28:24

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05 - God as a Being of Understanding

35:33

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06 - God as Moral Being or Law

15:56

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07 - Chapter 4 - The Mystery of the Incarnation; or, God as Love, as a Being of…

28:22

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08 - Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Suffering God

17:43

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09 - Chapter 6 - The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God

26:50

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10 - Chapter 7 - The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image

18:08

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11 - Chapter 8 - The Mystery of the cosmogonical Principle in God

21:22

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12 - Chapter 9 - The Mystery of Mysticism, or of Nature in God, Part I

21:59

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13 - Chapter 9 - The Mystery of Mysticism, or of Nature in God, Part II

22:59

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14 - Chapter 10 - The Mystery of Providence and Creation out of Nothing

31:01

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15 - Chapter 11 - The Significance of Creation in Judaism

22:12

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16 - Chapter 12 - The Omnipotence of Feeling, or the Mystery of Prayer

18:25

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17 - Chapter 13 - The Mystery of Faith - the Mystery of Miracle

26:20

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18 - Chapter 14 - The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous Concept…

14:13

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19 - Chapter 15 - The Mystery of the Christian Christ, or the Personal God

27:46

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20 - Chapter 16 - The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism

30:18

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21 -Chapter 17 - The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism

24:56

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22 -Chapter 18 - The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality, Part I

22:57

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22 -Chapter 18 - The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality , Part II

25:44

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24 -Chapter 19 - The Essential Standpoint of Religion

35:55

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25 - Chapter 20 - The Contradiction in the Existence of God

23:07

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26 - Chapter 21 - The Contradiction in the Revelation of God

26:54

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27 - Chapter 22 - The Contradiction in the nature of God in general

43:28

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28 - Chapter 23 - The Contradiction in the Speculative Doctrine of God

18:26

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29 - Chapter 24 - The Contradiction in the Trinity

12:22

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30 - Chapter 25 - The Contradiction in the Sacraments

30:33

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31 - Chapter 26 - The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part I

33:35

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32 - Chapter 26 - The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part II

35:19

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33 - Chapter 27 - Concluding Application

23:05

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Bewertungen

well read

(5 Sterne)

I have to appreciate the recording. The philosophy is not good, and you can tell it won’t be good from as early as the introduction. The chapter on celibacy was very cool though.

Wonderful and fascinating!

(5 Sterne)

Thank you for narrating this beautiful work of humanist philosophy! Lucid and Clear! Recommended!