Religion in Crisis: 19th Century European Thought
Fall Semester only
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
History,
Philosophy,
and
Religious Studies
This course is a study of the challenges to religious thinking in the 19th century. We will begin with a careful examination of Hegel’s influential interpretation of the development of the various historical forms of religion and his analysis of religion as a form of knowing. We will then examine some of the most significant criticisms of Hegel’s understanding of religion in the works of D.F. Strauss, Feuerbach, Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.
This is a University of Copenhagen course open to DIS students. Please ensure you read the full details on taking external courses through DIS.
Instructors
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Jon Stewart
Ph.D. (Philosophy & Theology, University of Copenhagen, 2007 and 2003). Ph.D. (Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 1992). Associate Research Professor, Søren Kierkegaard Research Center, University of Copenhagen. With DIS since 2010.
