God is the Reason: Hermann Cohen's Monotheism and the Liberal Theologico-Political Predicament
This article presents Hermann Cohen's Ethical Monotheism as an epistemological rejoinder to the theologico-political predicament of liberalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1871-1918). Beginning with an intellectual historical portrait of liberal Protestantism as a diffuse cultural context rather than...
| Published in: | Modern theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Modern theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cohen, Hermann 1842-1918
/ Monotheism
/ Noahic Precepts
/ Ethics
/ Liberal theology
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism KBB German language area NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics TJ Modern history |
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| Summary: | This article presents Hermann Cohen's Ethical Monotheism as an epistemological rejoinder to the theologico-political predicament of liberalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1871-1918). Beginning with an intellectual historical portrait of liberal Protestantism as a diffuse cultural context rather than a defined ideology, the article then proceeds to explicate Cohen's “liberal” Jewish conception of an epistemological “God-idea” as a defense against the antisemitic and essentializing thought of Paul de Lagarde. The article then concludes by suggesting that Cohen's interpretation of the Noahide presents a Jewish minority account of “God” as a basis for “secular” public morality in a hyper-contested public sphere. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12306 |