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G. W. F. Hegel and Richard Wagner on the Death of Jesus Christ (2024)
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. (2024). G. W. F. Hegel and Richard Wagner on the Death of Jesus Christ. Hegel Bulletin, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/hgl.2024.43

Hegel's early work The Life of Jesus (Das Leben Jesu) of 1795 presents Jesus as a teacher of Kantian morality and ends abruptly with his death, anointing of his body, and burial, such that Jesus could appear to be merely a figure of the remote past.... Read More about G. W. F. Hegel and Richard Wagner on the Death of Jesus Christ.

Richard Wagner (2023)
Book Chapter
Bell, R. (2023). Richard Wagner. In M. Grebe, & J. Grössl (Eds.), T&T Clark Handbook of Suffering and the Problem of Evil. T & T Clark

The article considers what Richard Wagner contributed to the understanding of suffering and the problem of evil in the ten stage works of his 'canon' (The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal).

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians (2020)
Book
Bell, R. (2020). Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians. Wipf & Stock

Considers how Wagner's Ring Cycle developed over its 26 year composition and how the composer appropriated his sources. The aim is to uncover the theology implicit in the artwork.

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle II: Theological and Ethical Issues (2020)
Book
Bell, R. H. (2020). Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle II: Theological and Ethical Issues. Wipf & Stock

This considers thematically the theological and ethical issued raised in the Ring cycle. Central to the argument are the Jesus of Nazareth sketches the composer wrote as he embarked on his Ring cycle project.

The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15 (2019)
Book Chapter
Bell, R. H. (2019). The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15. In R. Deines, & M. Wreford (Eds.), Epiphanies of the Divine in the Septuagint and the New Testament. Mohr Siebeck. https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-156271-6

The purpose of my contribution is to examine what Paul writes of the resurrection appearances in 1 Cor 15:5-8 and to draw conclusions about their “historicity,” their nature, and their purpose. The implications of such appearances for Christian theol... Read More about The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15.

Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. (in press). Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 15(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-01502007

In May 1849 Wagner fled Dresden after the failure of the uprising of which he was a leader. His last creative work in Dresden was prose sketches for an opera Jesus of Nazareth, the result of his study of the Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament t... Read More about Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera.

Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'

In Wagner’s composition of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried Act III Scene 1 marks a significant milestone both in terms of its drama and its music. Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose o... Read More about Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'.