TY - BOOK AU - Simuț,Corneliu C. TI - F.C. Baur's synthesis of Bohme and Hegel: redefining Christian theology as a gnostic philosophy of religion T2 - Philosophy of Religion. World Religions SN - 9004275215 AV - BL51 .S5298 2014 U1 - 230.092 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - Brill KW - Baur, Ferdinand Christian, KW - Böhme, Jakob, KW - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, KW - Gnosticism KW - Philosophical theology KW - Religion KW - Philosophy KW - fast KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 What did Baur Learn from Böhme?; 1 The Idea of Creation; The Creation of Creation; The Hierarchy of Being; From Absoluteness to Finitude; The Will and God between Creation and Fragility; The Materiality of the World between the Devil and Man; From God to God's Word, Lucifer, and Man; 2 The Image of Lucifer; Lucifer as God's Creation; Lucifer and the Idea of Light; Lucifer and Opposition against God; Lucifer and Rebellion; Lucifer and Sin; Lucifer and Death; Lucifer and Evil; Lucifer and the World; Lucifer and the Foundation of Dualism; 3 The Structure of DualismGnosis as Fundamental Dualism; The Dualism of Light and Darkness; The Dualism of Matter and Spirit; Dualism Explained: The Idea of Fragility; Dualism Explained: The Idea of Birth; Dualism Explained: The Idea of Agony; Light and Darkness in Creation; Christ and Lucifer in Creation; The Word and the Son in Creation; Part 2 What did Baur Learn from Hegel?; 4 The Overlapping of Spirit and Matter; Baur's Hegelian Understanding of God as Spirit in the Human Being; Baur's Hegelian Understanding of God as Corporeal in Christ's Being; 5 The Connection between Philosophy and ReligionThe Correlation of Philosophy and Religion as Interpenetration of Humanity and Divinity; Religion as Christianity, Paganism, and Judaism; Concluding Remarks Baur's Synthesis of Böhme and Hegel: Gnosis as a Christian Philosophy of Religion in History; Gnosis and the Old Philosophy of Religion; Gnosis and Manichaeism; Gnosis and Augustinianism; Gnosis and the Middle Ages; Gnosis and the Reformation; Gnosis between Absolute Truth, Salvation, and Faith; Personal Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - In this book, Professor Simut ̦demonstrates how Baur came to understand Christian theology as a Gnostic philosophy of religion under the influence of Böhme's unorthodox esoteric theosophy and Hegel's modern religious philosophy UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004275218 ER -