Essence of Christianity
Ludwig Feuerbach
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Length 14 h 31 min
Chapters 33
First published 1881
Taking issue with Hegel's sense that God, as Logos, is somehow central to all that is, Feuerbach explores his own notion that Christianity, as religion, grew quite naturally from ordinary human observation. Only upon deeper, systematic reflection did people postulate a divine source--God. Religious teaching which loses sight of its own essential rootedness in human experience runs the risk becoming overly abstract, disconnected even, from realities which shape humanity and which impart meaning and dignity to life. Fuerbach illustrates this not only on the example of the doctrine of God, but also with respect to creation, prayer, miracles, Trinitarianism, sacramentalism, and other dogmas at the core of Christianity. (Introduction by Rom Maczka)
Chapters
1
00 - Preface, Part I Read by Rom Maczka 19:50
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02 - The Essential Nature of Man Read by Rom Maczka 34:53
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03 - The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part I Read by Rom Maczka 34:26
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04 - The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part II Read by Rom Maczka 28:24
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05 - God as a Being of Understanding Read by Rom Maczka 35:33
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06 - God as Moral Being or Law Read by Rom Maczka 15:56
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07 - Chapter 4 - The Mystery of the Incarnation; or, God as Love, as a Being of the Heart Read by Rom Maczka 28:22
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08 - Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Suffering God Read by Rom Maczka 17:43
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09 - Chapter 6 - The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God Read by Rom Maczka 26:50
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10 - Chapter 7 - The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image Read by Rom Maczka 18:08
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11 - Chapter 8 - The Mystery of the cosmogonical Principle in God Read by Rom Maczka 21:22
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12 - Chapter 9 - The Mystery of Mysticism, or of Nature in God, Part I Read by Rom Maczka 21:59
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13 - Chapter 9 - The Mystery of Mysticism, or of Nature in God, Part II Read by Rom Maczka 22:59
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14 - Chapter 10 - The Mystery of Providence and Creation out of Nothing Read by Rom Maczka 31:01
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15 - Chapter 11 - The Significance of Creation in Judaism Read by Rom Maczka 22:12
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16 - Chapter 12 - The Omnipotence of Feeling, or the Mystery of Prayer Read by Rom Maczka 18:25
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17 - Chapter 13 - The Mystery of Faith - the Mystery of Miracle Read by Rom Maczka 26:20
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18 - Chapter 14 - The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous Conception Read by Rom Maczka 14:13
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19 - Chapter 15 - The Mystery of the Christian Christ, or the Personal God Read by Rom Maczka 27:46
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20 - Chapter 16 - The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism Read by Rom Maczka 30:18
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21 -Chapter 17 - The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism Read by Rom Maczka 24:56
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22 -Chapter 18 - The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality, Part I Read by Rom Maczka 22:57
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22 -Chapter 18 - The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality , Part II Read by Rom Maczka 25:44
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24 -Chapter 19 - The Essential Standpoint of Religion Read by Rom Maczka 35:55
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25 - Chapter 20 - The Contradiction in the Existence of God Read by Rom Maczka 23:07
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26 - Chapter 21 - The Contradiction in the Revelation of God Read by Rom Maczka 26:54
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27 - Chapter 22 - The Contradiction in the nature of God in general Read by Rom Maczka 43:28
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28 - Chapter 23 - The Contradiction in the Speculative Doctrine of God Read by Rom Maczka 18:26
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29 - Chapter 24 - The Contradiction in the Trinity Read by Rom Maczka 12:22
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30 - Chapter 25 - The Contradiction in the Sacraments Read by Rom Maczka 30:33
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31 - Chapter 26 - The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part I Read by Rom Maczka 33:35
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32 - Chapter 26 - The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part II Read by Rom Maczka 35:19
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33 - Chapter 27 - Concluding Application Read by Rom Maczka 23:05
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