This is an interdisciplinary study, connecting philosophy and religion.
Beach is at home in both domains of analysis and argument.
He situates Schelling's endeavor in a clearly articulated matrix of systematic positions. The insights into this period of his thought are fascinating. The emphasis on mythology is especially timely , in light of the re-awakened interest in mythology as appropriate subject matter for philosophical research. The author himself is quite clearly knowledgeable, learned, authoritative, and appropriately critical regarding the excesses and inadequacies of Schelling's thought, while remaining appreciative of the philosopher's independence and creative originality. This book explores the metaphysical, epistemological, and hermeneutical theories of Schelling's final system concerning the nature and meaning of religious mythology.