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Hans Lassen Martensen
Theologian, Philosopher and Social Critic
Primarily known as the object of Søren Kierkegaard’s attack on the Danish State Church, Hans Lassen Martensen in fact was a celebrated figure of his time who is now enjoying renewed interest by contemporary scholars keen to explore his impressive and diverse literary corpus. In this anthology, Jon Stewart brings together the best articles by these scholars to engage with Martensen’s remarkable range of writings, including philosophical treatises, theological tracts, sermons, reviews, and polemical and occasional pieces. In collecting this scholarship, Stewart demonstrates that the problems Martensen addressed in the Danish Golden Age are still very much with us today.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I. Theology
Martensen, Speculation and the Task of Modern Theology
George Pattison
Martensen’s Treatise Mester Eckart and the Contemporary Philosophical-Theological Debate on Speculative Mysticism in Germany
Peter Šajda
Martensen as Systematic Theologian: The Architectonics of Incarnation
Lee C. Barrett
Embracing Philosophical Speculation: H.L. Martensen’s Speculative Theology and Its Impact
Curtis L. Thompson
"Like a Voice in the Wilderness": Magnús Eiríksson’s Tenacious Critique of Martensen—and Martensen’s "Lofty Silence"
Gerhard Schreiber
II. Philosophy
Aesthetics and Christianity in the Early Works of H.L. Martensen
Carl Henrik Koch
Kierkegaard’s Enigmatic Reference to Martensen in The Concept of Irony
Jon Stewart
Martensen’s Theonomic Enterprise: An Advance Beyond Hegel?
David D. Possen
III. Politics and Social Theory
Martensen’s View on the Emancipation of Women in Christian Ethics
Katalin Nun
State and Nation in the Theology of Hans Lassen Martensen
Stephen Backhouse
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I. Theology
Martensen, Speculation and the Task of Modern Theology
George Pattison
Martensen’s Treatise Mester Eckart and the Contemporary Philosophical-Theological Debate on Speculative Mysticism in Germany
Peter Šajda
Martensen as Systematic Theologian: The Architectonics of Incarnation
Lee C. Barrett
Embracing Philosophical Speculation: H.L. Martensen’s Speculative Theology and Its Impact
Curtis L. Thompson
"Like a Voice in the Wilderness": Magnús Eiríksson’s Tenacious Critique of Martensen—and Martensen’s "Lofty Silence"
Gerhard Schreiber
II. Philosophy
Aesthetics and Christianity in the Early Works of H.L. Martensen
Carl Henrik Koch
Kierkegaard’s Enigmatic Reference to Martensen in The Concept of Irony
Jon Stewart
Martensen’s Theonomic Enterprise: An Advance Beyond Hegel?
David D. Possen
III. Politics and Social Theory
Martensen’s View on the Emancipation of Women in Christian Ethics
Katalin Nun
State and Nation in the Theology of Hans Lassen Martensen
Stephen Backhouse
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects