This polemical advocacy of Hegel's religious thought. It presents Hegel's religious thought as a living, still urgent challenge for today and confronts the major theological and philosophical objections to Hegel in a fresh way.

Revd Canon Dr Andrew Shanks is Canon Theologian at Manchester Cathedral, UK.

1. Desmond versus Hegel: A False Either / Or? / Desmond's 'Hegel': A Counterfeit Double? / 3. The Ideal of 'Atonement' / 4. Aetiology of Unatonement / 5. Hegel's Gospel / 6. The Spur: Hegel versus Fichte / 7. Two Non-Christian Alternatives / 8. Hegel Sublated / 9. Coda / Notes / Index / Bibliography