025 - The Resurrection According to Hegel: Physical Fact or Spiritual Story?

Hegel's unique and non-traditional understanding of the resurrection of Jesus echoes his overall system of Logic, Nature, and Spirit.   

According to Hegel, God others himself in Jesus; and in Jesus' death, Spirit becomes fully finite.  As a result of this, Spirit is then reborn in the community. Similarly, in Hegel's overall approach, Logic others itself in Nature; and Spirit is then reborn in Nature through a historical process of individuals in society coming to recognize Spirit through art, religion, and philosophy. 

Hegel did not consider the historical accuracy of the resurrection to be important to the Christian religion. And yet he acknowledged the need of the intellect to construct meaning in this event as well.   

This episode will explore the resurrection in detail, and include discussion of Jung's "Answer to Job," and Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga's notion of "dwindling possibilities."

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