Angelica Nuzzo 
Hegel on Religion and Politics 

Although scholars have written extensively on Hegel’s treatment of religion and politics separately, much less has been written about the connections between the two in his thought. Religion in Hegel’s philosophy occupies a difficult position relative to politics, existing both within the ethical and historical reality of the state and at the same time maintaining an absolute, transcendent identity. In addition, Hegel’s views on the relationship between the two were often revised and refined over time in both his written works and his lectures. His thinking on the subject, however, provides a fascinating look at an element of his practical philosophy that was as controversial in his time as it is in ours. This book highlights various approaches to this intersection in Hegel’s thought and evaluates its relevance to contemporary problems, considering issues such as religious pluralism and tolerance, conflicts between Islam and Christianity, and tensions between the secular and religious state.

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Introduction


Angelica Nuzzo



1. Hegel and the Consecrated State


Mark Tunick



2. The State as a “Temple of Human Freedom”: Hegel on Religion and Politics


Rachel Bayefsky



3. Religion and the Dialectic of the Enlightenment


William Maker



4. Hegel’s Defense of Toleration


Timothy Brownlee



5. Hegel, the Political, and the Theological: The Question of Islam


Kevin Thompson



6. The Active Fanaticism of Political and Religious Life: Hegel on Terror and Islam


Will Dudley



7. The Inseparability of Love and Anguish: Hegel’s Theological Critique of Modernity


Robert R. Williams



8. The Place of Nationality in Hegel’s Philosophy of Politics and Religion: A Defense of Hegel on the Charges of National Chauvinism and Racism


Nicholas Mowad



9. Philosophy, Religion, and the Politics of
Bildung in Hegel and Feuerbach

Todd Gooch



10. Religion, Civil Society, and the System of an Ethical World: Hegel on the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


Andrew Buchwalter



About the Contributors

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Angelica Nuzzo is Professor of Philosophy at both the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author of
Ideal Embodiment: Kant’s Theory of Sensibility and
Kant and the Unity of Reason, and editor of
Hegel and the Analytic Tradition.