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Christian Faith, and Religion, in Eric Voegelin's Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Gerhart Niemeyer
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This article examines three important texts in which Eric Voegelin discusses the Christian Faith. While it is true that one finds no personal confession of faith in Voegelin's works, one nevertheless finds there an extraordinary openess to the experiential truth expressed in Christian Symbols.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , Winter 1995 , pp. 91 - 104
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1995

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References

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2. Collected Workes of Eric Voegelin, vol.28, What Is History? and Other Late Unpublished Writings, ed. Hollweck, Thomas A. and Caringella, Paul (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990), pp. 173–232.Google Scholar

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20. Ibid., p. 14.

21. Ibid., p. 11.

22. Ibid., pp. 17–18.