{"product_id":"the-essence-of-christianity-ludwig-feuerbach-9781605204437","title":"The Essence of Christianity","description":"German philosopher and anthropologist LUDWIG ANDREAS VON FEUERBACH (1804-1872) was a powerful influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Feuerbach's atheism is reflected in their socialist philosophies, and that humanized theology-essentially, a rational approach to understanding concepts of God and Christianity-gets its greatest exploration here. In The Essence of Christianity-this is the classic 1853 translation of the 1841 German original-Feuerbach discusses the \"true or anthropological\" root of religion, exploring how everything from the nature of God to the mysteries of mysticism and prayer can be viewed through such a prism. He goes on to examine the \"false\" essences of religion, including contradictions in ideas of the existence of a deity, and then how God and religion are merely expressions of human emotion. This is essential background reading for understanding everything from Marx's Communist Manifesto to modern apolitical philosophies of atheism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ludwig Feuerbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605204439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605204437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Ludwig Feuerbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938676375807,"sku":"9781605204437","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0fb78819-9dff-45d5-99f7-4858505a1691.jpg?v=1681437093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essence-of-christianity-ludwig-feuerbach-9781605204437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}