The Rebirth of Revelation: German Theology in an Age of Reason and History, 1750-1850

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Tuska Benes

The Rebirth of Revelation

German Theology in an Age of Reason and History, 1750-1850

Tuska Benes

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English

University of Toronto Press
01 May 2022

European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Medieval European archaeology; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Philosophy of religion

Series: German and European Studies

The Rebirth of Revelation explores the different and important ways religious thinkers across Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism modernized the concept of revelation from 1750 to 1850.

Despite being a pillar of belief in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the idea of revelation was deeply discredited over the course of the Enlightenment. The post-Enlightenment restoration of revelation among German religious thinkers is a fascinating yet underappreciated moment in modern efforts to navigate between reason and faith.

The Rebirth of Revelation compares Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish reflections on revelation from 1750 to 1850 and asserts that a strategic transformation in the term's meaning secured its relevance for the modern age. Tuska Benes argues that ""propositional"" revelation, understood as the infallible dispensation of doctrine, gave way to revelation as a subjective process of inner transformation or the historical disclosure of divine being in the world.

By comparatively approaching the unconventional ways in which Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism have rehabilitated the concept of revelation, The Rebirth of Revelation restores theology to a central place in modern European intellectual history.

By: Tuska Benes
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781487543075
ISBN 10: 1487543077
Series: German and European Studies
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 01 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tuska Benes is an associate professor of History at The College of William and Mary.

Reviews for The Rebirth of Revelation: German Theology in an Age of Reason and History, 1750-1850

""Benes focuses on the period between 1750 and 1850 in the German lands, which boasted some of the most important intellectual minds of the period. They include Lessing, Mendelssohn, Kant, Herder, Schleiermacher, and Hegel. The most intriguing part of Benes’s book, however, is not the responses of these intellectual giants; rather, her approach is. She provides a much broader picture, including the religious struggles that haunted Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish intellectual communities at the time."" - Ulrich Groetsch, University of North Alabama (Central European History)