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True religion is pure self-revelation that leaves no secret residue behind

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aliases@malabou_future_2005, loc. 653

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True religion is pure self-revelation that leaves no secret residue behind

Evidence

In its concept, true religion is self-revelation (Selbstoffenbarung). 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

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines Selbstoffenbarung — the core of Hegel’s revealed religion — as manifestation with no secret residue left over.
  • DEEPTHINKING: The idea that a fully revealed God ‘cannot have envy’ collapses the boundary between divine hiddenness and human knowing — a genuinely unsettling reversal worth sitting with.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 653
  • XREF: connects to: Revealed religion marks spirit’s becoming-subject through self-revelation; Revealed religion alone incarnates spirit’s self-knowledge in a determinate man — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 770; Revealed Religion alone makes the necessity of becoming intuitively perceptible — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 862 (+2 more)

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