Theological Writings (Library of Modern Religious Thought)

The translator has selected 9 short treatises of the author to translate."Though starting from a deist standpoint, Lessing raised the questions that have dominated theology up to our own time... Progressive revelation, historical inevitability, the relation between natural & supernatural, or between faith & historical events--all these issues were foreseen by Lessing. The volume contains nine of his short treatises, all provocative"--The Times Literary Supplement.