God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of Religion

This article discusses Schelling’s contribution to the definition of the concept of religion in post-Kantian philosophy. In three lines of argument, it is shown that Schelling’s late lectures on the philosophy of mythology and revelation place religion in a history of development in which religion i...

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Main Author: Christian Danz
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/154
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description This article discusses Schelling’s contribution to the definition of the concept of religion in post-Kantian philosophy. In three lines of argument, it is shown that Schelling’s late lectures on the philosophy of mythology and revelation place religion in a history of development in which religion is successively understood as religion. Schelling assumes that religion is independent of reason and is based on a real relationship with God that is connected to the nature of man. This makes the philosophy of religion an independent academic discipline. Schelling links the historical development of religion and the history of God in his concept of monotheism. This is the content of Schelling’s formula that God is the Lord of being.
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spelling doaj.art-356d4c4023034694a6641895966736d22024-02-23T15:32:36ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-01-0115215410.3390/rel15020154God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of ReligionChristian Danz0Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Vienna, Schenkenstraße 8-10, 1010 Vienna, AustriaThis article discusses Schelling’s contribution to the definition of the concept of religion in post-Kantian philosophy. In three lines of argument, it is shown that Schelling’s late lectures on the philosophy of mythology and revelation place religion in a history of development in which religion is successively understood as religion. Schelling assumes that religion is independent of reason and is based on a real relationship with God that is connected to the nature of man. This makes the philosophy of religion an independent academic discipline. Schelling links the historical development of religion and the history of God in his concept of monotheism. This is the content of Schelling’s formula that God is the Lord of being.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/154Schellingphilosophy of religionconcept of religionGerman Idealism
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God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of Religion
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Schelling
philosophy of religion
concept of religion
German Idealism
title God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of Religion
title_full God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of Religion
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title_short God, Religion and History: The Significance of Schelling’s Philosophy of Religion for Determining the Concept of Religion
title_sort god religion and history the significance of schelling s philosophy of religion for determining the concept of religion
topic Schelling
philosophy of religion
concept of religion
German Idealism
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