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Faust the Theologian (Paperback, New edition)
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Faust the Theologian (Paperback, New edition)
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In this erudite and beautifully written book, an eminent scholar
meditates on the theological implications of Goethe's Faust.
Jaroslav Pelikan reflects on Goethe's statement that he was a
pantheist when it came to science, a polytheist in art, and a
monotheist in ethics, and he uses it for the first time to analyze
Faust's development as a theologian. By so doing, Pelikan enables
us to see Goethe's masterpiece in a surprising new light. Pelikan
begins by discussing Faust's role as natural scientist or
pantheist. He examines Faust's disenchantment with traditional
knowledge, considers his interests in geology, oceanography, and
optics, and analyzes his perception of nature as a realm inspirited
throughout by a single unifying Power. Pelikan next follows Faust
on his journeys to the two Walpurgis Nights, where he shows how
Faust reveals his delight in the polytheistic extravaganzas of
Germanic and especially of Greek mythology. Finally Pelikan
describes the operatic finale of the book, where Faust's spirit is
drawn upward to salvation by the Eternal Feminine, and he argues
that this marks Faust's evolution into moral philosopher and
monotheist. Pelikan's analysis thus reveals thematic unities and a
dialectical development of Faust's character that have been
unnoticed heretofore.
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