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The Essence of Christianity

by Ludwig Feuerbach

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  1. 1Preface to the Second Edition
  2. 2Chapter I — Introduction
  3. 3§ 2 — The Essence of Religion Considered Generally
  4. 4Part I — The True or Anthropological Essence of Religion
  5. 5Chapter III — God as a Moral Being, or Law
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Mystery of the Incarnation; or, God as Love, as a…
  7. 7Chapter V — The Mystery of the Suffering God
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Mystery of the Cosmogonical Principle in God
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Mystery of Mysticism, or of Nature in God
  12. 12Chapter X — The Mystery of Providence, and Creation out of Nothing
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Significance of the Creation in Judaism
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Omnipotence of Feeling, or the Mystery of Prayer
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Mystery of Faith — The Mystery of Miracle
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Mystery of the Resurrection and of the Miraculous…
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Mystery of the Christian Christ, or the Personal God
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Christian Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and…
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality
  21. 21Part II — The False or Theological Essence of Religion
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Contradiction in the Existence of God
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Contradiction in the Revelation of God
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Contradiction in the Nature of God in General
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Contradiction in the Speculative Doctrine of God
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — The Contradiction in the Trinity
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Contradiction in the Sacraments
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — The Contradiction of Faith and Love
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Concluding Application
  30. 30Appendix — Explanations — Remarks — Illustrative Citations
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  52. 52The English and Foreign Philosophical Library

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