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

Hegel's importance for modern theology is widely recognized. Thirty years ago, Walter Kaufmann wrote that "no philosopher since 1800 has had more influence. A study of Hegel enriches our comprehension of subsequent philosophy and theology. . . . Indeed recent intellectual history cannot be understood apart from him."(1) So extensive has Hegel's influence been that one even finds it at the Second Vatican Council.(2)

In addition to forming a significant part of the background to contemporary theology, his thought also confronts us with specific problems that are still of current interest. For example, the 1992 annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of ...

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