The Crisis of Religion and the Logic of the Gods - Hegel's Philosophy of Religion

Explore Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion in this 55-minute Fellows' Presentation at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Delve into Hegel's accounts of Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Egyptian religion. Examine the organization of Hegel's lectures and the reasons for neglecting the historical dimension in his philosophy of religion. Investigate the Egyptian conception of immortality and their gods as a mixture of human and animal figures. Compare the Greek religion's war of the gods and the reduction of natural elements to the symbolic. Contrast the Artemis of Ephesus with the Greek cult of Artemis, and explore the architectural significance of the Pyramids and the Parthenon in religious contexts.

Syllabus

Intro
Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
The Organization of Hegel's Lectures
The Reasons for the Neglect of the Historical Dimension in Hegel's Philosophy of Religion
Religion and History
The Egyptian conception of immortality
The Egyptian gods as a mixture of human and animal figures
The Greek Religion: The War of the Gods
The Greek Religion The Reduction of the Natural Element to the Symbolic
The Contrast of the Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus and the Greek Cult of Artemis
The Pyramids and the Parthenon