Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion outlines his ideas on Christianity as a form of self-consciousness. He expanded on Luther's idea of Christian liberty. Hegel also touches on pantheism. It is the only work where he examines Islam.
In 1840, two of the Young Hegelians, Bruno Bauer and Karl Marx, began work on editing the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.
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