Title: Hegel's god : a counterfeit double? /
Authors: Desmond, William, 1951-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, Contributions in theology.; Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich,; God History of doctrines
Abstract: William Desmond's misgivings regarding Hegel's take on God leads the reader through Hegel's writings to reveal a path that leads anywhere but to God. The author believes that an idol is no less an idol constructed from thought as constructed from gold.
Contents: By way of introduction: Hegel's God, transcendence and the counterfeit double. -- Finding a way to holistic immanence: Hegel between Enlightenment, Greece and Christianity. -- Philosophy redoubling religion: intimacy, agon and counterfeit reconciliations. -- Beyond double thinking: Hegel's speculative God. -- Hegel's trinity and the erotic self-doubling God. -- Creation and the self-doubling of Hegel's trinity. -- Evil and the counterfeits of religious community. -- On the reserves of God.