Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- PART I THE TRUE OR ANTHROPOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION
- CHAPTER II God as a Being of the Understanding
- CHAPTER III God as a Moral Being, or Law
- CHAPTER IV The Mystery of the Incarnation; or, God as Love, as a Being of the Heart
- CHAPTER V The Mystery of the Suffering God
- CHAPTER VI The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God
- CHAPTER VII The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image
- CHAPTER VIII The Mystery of the Cosmogonical Principle in God
- CHAPTER IX The Mystery of Mysticism, or Nature in God
- CHAPTER X The Mystery of Providence and Creation out of Nothing
- CHAPTER XI The Significance of the Creation in Judaism
- CHAPTER XII The Omnipotence of Feeling, or the Mystery of Prayer
- CHAPTER XIII The Mystery of Faith—the Mystery of Miracle
- CHAPTER XIV The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous Conception
- CHAPTER XV The Mystery of the Christian Christ, or the Personal God
- CHAPTER XVI The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism
- CHAPTER XVII The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism
- CHAPTER XVIII The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality
- PART II THE FALSE OR THEOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION
- APPENDIX
CHAPTER II - God as a Being of the Understanding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- PART I THE TRUE OR ANTHROPOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION
- CHAPTER II God as a Being of the Understanding
- CHAPTER III God as a Moral Being, or Law
- CHAPTER IV The Mystery of the Incarnation; or, God as Love, as a Being of the Heart
- CHAPTER V The Mystery of the Suffering God
- CHAPTER VI The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God
- CHAPTER VII The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image
- CHAPTER VIII The Mystery of the Cosmogonical Principle in God
- CHAPTER IX The Mystery of Mysticism, or Nature in God
- CHAPTER X The Mystery of Providence and Creation out of Nothing
- CHAPTER XI The Significance of the Creation in Judaism
- CHAPTER XII The Omnipotence of Feeling, or the Mystery of Prayer
- CHAPTER XIII The Mystery of Faith—the Mystery of Miracle
- CHAPTER XIV The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous Conception
- CHAPTER XV The Mystery of the Christian Christ, or the Personal God
- CHAPTER XVI The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism
- CHAPTER XVII The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism
- CHAPTER XVIII The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality
- PART II THE FALSE OR THEOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION
- APPENDIX
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- The Essence of Christianity , pp. 32 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1854