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published on June 4, 2021
Daniel Conway
https://doi.org/10.5840/owl20216238
Exemplarity and Its Discontents
On the Hegelian Futures of Religion
This essay situates Jon Stewart¡¯s Hegel¡¯s Interpretation of the Religions of the World and Hegel¡¯s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion in the genre of philo?sophical anthropology, wherein corresponding conceptions of the human and the divine are studied in tandem and the reciprocal relationship between them is revealed. In this context, the essay shows how Hegel¡¯s interpretation of religion¡ªviz. as a trans-cultural vehicle of human maturation¡ªcan make a significant contribution to our thinking about globalization, the pursuit of reciprocal recognition, and the future of Christianity. I conclude my essay by demonstrating that Stewart¡¯s interpretation positions us to understand that Hegel not only accommodates, but also authorizes, the articulations of religious exemplarity advanced by two of his greatest critics: S?ren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche.