TY - JOUR
T1 - Drowning in Hegel or the Baptism of Philosophy
T2 - An Essay on Hegel’s Reinterpretation of Baptism between the Bible and Philosophy
AU - Kuran, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Daniel Kuran, 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - In this contribution, I will focus on Hegel’s presentation of the practice of baptism as found in his work, The Spirit of Christianity and its Fate. First, I contextualize the motif of baptism in its variegated forms in the New Testament and especially in Paul’s theology (Rom 6:4). Subsequently, I situate Hegel’s engagement with baptism in his early philosophy of religion, demonstrating how he refers to biblical accounts of baptism and then transforms them. My thesis is that Hegel transformed baptism from a biblical motif in his Early Theological Writings into an entrance into philosophical thought, as can be observed repeatedly in several of his later works such as the Lectures on the History of Philosophy, the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences and the Phenomenology of Spirit.
AB - In this contribution, I will focus on Hegel’s presentation of the practice of baptism as found in his work, The Spirit of Christianity and its Fate. First, I contextualize the motif of baptism in its variegated forms in the New Testament and especially in Paul’s theology (Rom 6:4). Subsequently, I situate Hegel’s engagement with baptism in his early philosophy of religion, demonstrating how he refers to biblical accounts of baptism and then transforms them. My thesis is that Hegel transformed baptism from a biblical motif in his Early Theological Writings into an entrance into philosophical thought, as can be observed repeatedly in several of his later works such as the Lectures on the History of Philosophy, the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences and the Phenomenology of Spirit.
KW - baptism
KW - Hegel
KW - bible and philosophy
KW - The Spirit of Christianity and its Fate
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U2 - 10.30965/23642807-bja10110
DO - 10.30965/23642807-bja10110
M3 - Article
SN - 2365-3140
VL - 10
SP - 542
EP - 578
JO - Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
JF - Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
IS - 2
ER -