The Essence of Christianity (German: Das Wesen des Christentums; historical orthography: Das Weſen des Chriſtenthums) is a book by Ludwig Feuerbach first published in 1841. It explains Feuerbach's philosophy and critique of religion.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Essence of Christianity

• 00 – Preface, Part II
• 01 – Preface, Part II
• 02 – Essential Nature of Man
• 03 – The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part I
• 04 – The Essence of Religion Considered Generally, Part II
• 05 – God as a Being of Understanding
• 06 – God as a Moral Being, or Law
• 07 – Mystery of the Incarnation
• 08 – Mystery of the Suffering God
• 09 – The Mystery of the Trinity and the Mother of God
• 10 – The Mystery of the Logos and Divine Image
• 11 – The Mysery of the Cosmogonical Principle in God
• 12 – The Mystey of Mysticism. Part I
• 13 – The Mystery of Mysticism, part II
• 14 – The Mystery of Providence
• 15 – Significance of the Creation in Judaism
• 16 – The Omnipotence of Feeling
• 17 – The Mystery of Faith
• 18 – The Mystery of the Resurrection
• 19 – The Mystery of the Christian Christ
• 20 – The Distinction between Christianity and Heathenism
• 21 – The Significance of Voluntary Celibacy and Monachism
• 22 – The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality, Part I
• 23 – The Christian Heaven, or Personal Immortality, Part II
• 24 – The Essential Standpoint of Religion
• 25 – The Contradiction in the Existence of God
• 26 – The Contradiction in the Revelation of God
• 27 – The Contradiction in the Nature of God in General
• 28 – The Contradiction in the Speculative Doctrine of God
• 29 – The Contradiction in the Trinity
• 30 – The Contradiction in the Sacraments
• 31 – The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part I
• 32 – The Contradiction of Faith and Love, Part II
• 33 – Concluding Applications