Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Vol. III: The Consummate Religion

Hegel's "Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion" represent the final and in some ways the decisive element of his entire philosophical system. His conception and execution of these crucial lectures differed so significantly on each of the occasions he delivered them - in 1821, 1824, 1827 and 1831 - that it is impossible, without destroying the structural integrity of the lectures, to conflate material from different years onto an editorially constructed text. These volumes aim to establish a critical edition, separating the series of lectures and publishing them as autonomous units on the basis of a complete re-editing of the sources. This volume contains Hegel's philosophical interpretation of Christianity.