Dialectic And Gospel In The Development Of Hegel's Thinking

Hegel Came To Maturity As A Philosopher During The First Years Of The Nineteenth Century, Developing Through Prodigious Intellectual Struggles A Highly Original Conception Of Dialectic As A Method For Rationally Comprehending Traumatic Historical Change. At The Same Time, He Continued A Process Begun Earlier, Of Critical Engagement With The Christian Gospel And Its Historical Ethos. Dialectic And Gospel In The Development Of Hegel's Thinking Tells The Story Of This Interplay As It Develops In Hegel's Thinking. It Culminates In A Fresh Interpretation Of The Phenomenology Of Spirit And A Detailed Commentary On Larger Portions Of The Text Relevant To That Story. I. Intellectual And Religious Climate Of Hegel's Youth. 1. Model Pupil Of Stuttgart. 2. Hegel As A Theological Student In Tubingen. 3. Hegel, Schelling, Holderlin, And The Winds Of Doctrine. 4. Emergence Of German Idealism From Kantianism In The Early Intellectual Association Of Hegel, Schelling, And Holderlin -- Ii. Problem Of The Positivity Of The Gospel In Hegel's Early Writings. 1. Toward A Living Folk Religion: Some Polarities. 2. Hegel's Early Critique Of Christianity. 3. Young Kantian Attacks The Positivity Of The Gospel. 4. Life-mysticism Of A Young Anti-kantian. 5. Positivity Reconsidered: A Transition To Historical Dialectic. Stephen Crites. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [561]-563) And Index.