Hegel subordinates God to the necessity of the dialectic

Evidence

In the eyes of Hegel’s theological readers, the Encyclopedia’s presentation of the religious moment of spirit leads, in an unprecedented manner, to the forced ‘submission’of God to logical necessity. In its development, Revealed Religion is punctuated by the concept of ‘alienation’ (Entäußerung), which undergirds not only the dialectical understanding of kenosis, but even, as a consequence, the comprehension of faith and representation. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 681

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the load-bearing role of Entäußerung across kenosis, faith, and representation in the Encyclopedia.
• XREF: connects to: Hegel invented the dialectic as a movement of establishing and vanishing determinations; For Hegel the death of God lodges negation within God’s own being — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 154; Hegel inscribes time, not lack, within God by identifying God with transcendental imagination (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Hegel invented the dialectic as a movement of establishing and vanishing determinations #expands (0.85)
• For Hegel the death of God lodges negation within God’s own being #corroborates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 154
• Hegel inscribes time, not lack, within God by identifying God with transcendental imagination #qualifies (0.75)