Hegel’s divine self-determination threatens God’s creative freedom for theological readers.

Evidence

Yet even Lutheran theologians would not recognize the validity of such a conception of kenosis. Since it derives its impetus from the energy of the negative and not from the originary superabundance of God, the dialectical Entäußerung contradicts the freedom of the divine. From this vantage point, the sending of the Son would no longer be a gratuitous act, or an act of love. It is on these grounds that Ernst Jüngel, despite his belief in Hegel’s fidelity to the Lutheran doctrine of kenosis, points to a principle of profound dissonance. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 697 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

According to Hegel, Christianity is the religion that has become absolute manifestation, without any secret residue: ‘It lies essentially in the concept of religion – the religion whose content is absolute spirit – that it be revealed and, what is more, revealed by God.’ This implies necessarily that ‘God is out and out manifestation’ and that it is not possible to ascribe envy to God. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 653 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hegel’s God is necessarily self-revealing and incapable of envy — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 653; Hegel’s dialectical kenosis contradicts Lutheran divine freedom because it runs on negation — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 697; Theologians reject Hegel because concept-bound God loses transcendence and power to promise. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Theologians reject Hegel because concept-bound God loses transcendence and power to promise. #expands (0.80)
• Hegel’s dialectical kenosis contradicts Lutheran divine freedom because it runs on negation #qualifies (0.78) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 697
• Hegel’s God is necessarily self-revealing and incapable of envy #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 653
• Hegel makes negativity intrinsic to God’s self-production, implying an originary lack #qualifies (0.75)