Hegel on the Incarnation: unique or universal? (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)

From: Theological Studies | Date: June 1, 1995| Author: Jamros, Daniel P. | Copyright information

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel has been a major influence in modern Christian theology. His belief that the Incarnation occurs in rational thinking per se rather than in the unique Incarnation in Christian theology has made some American theologians think that Jesus may not be the definitive access to God. Thus, theologians who follow Hegel's philosophy should locate the Incarnation not in Jesus but in every rational human being.

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