Between faith and unbelief : American transcendentalists and the challenge of atheism

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Between faith and unbelief : American transcendentalists and the challenge of atheism

by Elisabeth Hurth

(Studies in the history of Christian thought, v. 136)

Brill, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and index

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内容説明

This book sets out to shed light on what is specific to American Transcendentalism by comparing it with the atheistic vision of German philosophers and theologians like Ludwig Feuerbach and Arthur Schopenhauer. The study argues that atheism was part of the discursive and religious context from which Transcendentalism emerged. Tendencies toward atheism were already inherent in Transcendentalist thought. The atheist scenario came to the surface in the controversy about Emerson's "new views." Contemporary critics charged that the deity Emerson worshipped was himself. Emersonian Transcendentalism thus anticipated some of the central concerns in the works of German atheists like Feuerbach. From idealism to atheism seemed but a short step.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction I. "The Spirit of Infidelity": Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harvard's Early Goettingen Students II. The "Credentials" of Faith: The Miracles Controversy in New England III. The Arch-Fiend of Christian Faith: David Friedrich Strauss and New England Divinity IV. The Claims of History: Strauss's "Mytho-Mania" and After V. Man as God-Maker: Feuerbachian Atheism in New England VI. From Idealism to Atheism: Theodore Parker and the Projection Theory of Religion VII. The "Cures for Atheism": Emerson and Jakob Boehme VIII. "A World Without God": Emerson and Arthur Schopenhauer Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA82910805
  • ISBN
    • 9789004161665
  • 出版国コード
    ne
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Leiden
  • ページ数/冊数
    219 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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