The Essence of Christianity
The Essence of Christianity
Ludwig Feuerbach
Ludwig Feuerbach
1841
Preface to the Second Edition, 1843
Introduction
Part I: The True or Anthropological Essence of Religion
| II | God as Being of Understanding |
| III | God as Moral Being or Law |
| IV | God as Love |
| V | The Suffering God |
| VI | The Trinity and Mother of God |
| VII | The Logos and Divine Image |
| VIII | The Cosmogonical Principle |
| IX | Nature in God |
| X | Creation out of Nothing |
| XI | Creation in Judaism |
| XII | The Mystery of Prayer |
| XIII | Faith and the Miracle |
| XIV | The Resurrection |
| XV | The Personal God |
| XVI | Christianity and Heathenism |
| XVII | Celibacy and Monachism |
| XVIII | Heaven & Immortality |
Part II. The False or Theological Essence of Religion
| XIX | The Essential Standpoint of Religion |
| XX | Contradiction in existence of God |
| XXI | Contradiction in revelation of God |
| XXII | Contradiction in the nature of God |
| XXIII | The Speculative Doctrine of God |
| XXIV | Contradiction in the Trinity |
| XXV | Contradiction in the Sacraments |
| XXVI | Faith & Love |
| XXVII | Concluding Application |