01980cam a22003493u 4500 47025 UtSlPG 20260610134059.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 B Feuerbach, Ludwig, 1804-1872 Das Wesen des Christenthums. English The Essence of Christianity : Translated from the second German edition Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essence_of_Christianity Release date is 2014-10-02 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Essence of Christianity" by Ludwig Feuerbach is a philosophical work published in 1841. It argues that God is not a separate being but rather an outward projection of human nature and needs. Feuerbach contends that every divine quality attributed to God actually corresponds to human features, making religion a mirror of humanity rather than a revelation from above. This influential critique of religion shaped later thinkers including Marx and Engels, establishing Feuerbach's theory of alienation and cementing the work as a classic of humanist philosophy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Christianity -- Controversial literature Religion -- Philosophy Eliot, George, 1819-1880 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47025 87864 87864