Session Details

Saturday, 30 December

768. Religion in Lessing’s Life and Thought: A Session in the Lessingjahr 1781/2006

1:45–3:00 p.m., Congress A, Loews

Program arranged by the G. E. Lessing Society

Presiding: Lucinda Martin, Young Center

1. “Lessing as a Proponent of Modern Dialectical Theism,” Toshimasa Yasukata, Hokkai Gakuen Univ.

2. “Lessing’s Gemeinde: Religion and Lessing’s Hamburg Circle of Friends,” Almut M. Spalding, Illinois Coll.

3. “Islam as Natural Religion in Lessing’s Writings,” Silvia Horsch–Al Saad, Zentrum für Literaturforschung, Berlin

Respondent: John A. McCarthy, Vanderbilt Univ.

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