Coleridge Philosophy and Religion

Coleridge''S Relation To His German Contemporaries Constitutes The Toughest Problem In Assessing His Standing As A Thinker. For The Last Half-Century This Relationship Has Been Described Ultimately As Parasitic. As A Result Coleridge''S Contribution To Religious Thought Has Been Seen Primarily In Terms Of His Poetic Genius. This Book Revives And Deepens The Evaluation Of Coleridge As A Philosophical Theologian In His Own Right. Coleridge Had A Critical And Creative Relation To And Kinship With German Idealism. Moreover The Principal Impulse Behind His Engagement With That Philosophy Is Traced To The More Immediate Context Of English Unitarian-Trinitarian Controversy Of The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries. The Book Re-Establishes Coleridge As A Philosopher Of Religion And As A Vital Source For Contemporary Theological Reflection.