Hegel and Theology
The University of Manchester, Thursday 26h March 2015
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Keynote Speaker: Thom Brooks, Durham University
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Shanks, Manchester Cathedral
Keynote Speaker: Friedrike Schick, Tübingen University
Can Hegel’s God be considered orthodox?
What does the future hold for Hegelian political philosophy?
How can Hegel’s philosophy illuminate our understanding of civil society and the State?
For the day schedule, please click here.
Keynote Speaker: Thom Brooks, Durham University
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Shanks, Manchester Cathedral
Keynote Speaker: Friedrike Schick, Tübingen University
Can Hegel’s God be considered orthodox?
What does the future hold for Hegelian political philosophy?
How can Hegel’s philosophy illuminate our understanding of civil society and the State?
Hegel remains a key interlocutor for those who want to think theologically about the political and politically about the theological. By bringing together philosophers, theologians, and political theorists, this conference provides an opportunity to deepen and develop the dialogue between philosophy, politics and theology in the context of Hegel’s work. In particular, we intend to advance Hegelian studies by considering the contribution and development of Hegelian ideas in the areas of: religion, theology, philosophy, civil society and the state. This conference seeks to explore the following questions:
What is it that makes Hegel such an engaging interlocutor for twentieth and twenty-first century political theory and political theology? And, why does Hegel continue to divide opinion and inform such disparate political options (both communitarian and libertarian)?
How should we interpret Hegel’s discussion of God? Are there normative Hegelian categories and criteria that can be used to critique and constructively inform contemporary accounts of civil society, the state and the place of theology and religions between and beyond them? Are Hegel’s religious writings and metaphysics or philosophical themes intractably interknit with his accounts of rights, citizenship and the state? And, can/should these be disentangled? Can Hegel’s concept of spirit be distinguished from the God of orthodoxy?
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What is it that makes Hegel such an engaging interlocutor for twentieth and twenty-first century political theory and political theology? And, why does Hegel continue to divide opinion and inform such disparate political options (both communitarian and libertarian)?
How should we interpret Hegel’s discussion of God? Are there normative Hegelian categories and criteria that can be used to critique and constructively inform contemporary accounts of civil society, the state and the place of theology and religions between and beyond them? Are Hegel’s religious writings and metaphysics or philosophical themes intractably interknit with his accounts of rights, citizenship and the state? And, can/should these be disentangled? Can Hegel’s concept of spirit be distinguished from the God of orthodoxy?
For registration (inc. one day rates) please click here.