Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Author: Immanuel Kant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-11-26

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780521599641

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Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought. It represents a great philosopher's attempt to spell out the form and content of a type of religion that would be grounded in moral reason and would meet the needs of ethical life. It includes sharply critical and boldly constructive discussions on topics not often treated by philosophers, including such traditional theological concepts as original sin and the salvation or 'justification' of a sinner, and the idea of the proper role of a church. This volume presents it and three short essays that illuminate it in new translations by Allen Wood and George di Giovanni, with an introduction by Robert Merrihew Adams that locates it in its historical and philosophical context.


In Defense of Kant's Religion

In Defense of Kant's Religion

Author: Chris L. Firestone

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2008-10-09

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 0253000718

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Chris L. Firestone and Nathan Jacobs integrate and interpret the work of leading Kant scholars to come to a new and deeper understanding of Kant's difficult book, Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. In this text, Kant's vocabulary and language are especially tortured and convoluted. Readers have often lost sight of the thinker's deep ties to Christianity and questioned the viability of the work as serious philosophy of religion. Firestone and Jacobs provide strong and cogent grounds for taking Kant's religion seriously and defend him against the charges of incoherence. In their reading, Christian essentials are incorporated into the confines of reason, and they argue that Kant establishes a rational religious faith in accord with religious conviction as it is elaborated in his mature philosophy. For readers at all levels, this book articulates a way to ground religion and theology in a fully fledged defense of Religion which is linked to the larger corpus of Kant's philosophical enterprise.


Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant on Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant on Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Author: Lawrence R. Pasternack

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-30

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1317984307

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Throughout his career, Kant engaged with many of the fundamental questions in philosophy of religion: arguments for the existence of God, the soul, the problem of evil, and the relationship between moral belief and practice. Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is his major work on the subject. This book offers a complete and internally cohesive interpretation of Religion. In contrast to more reductive interpretations, as well as those that characterize Religion as internally inconsistent, Lawrence R. Pasternack defends the rich philosophical theology contained in each of Religion’s four parts, and shows how the doctrines of the "Pure Rational System of Religion" are eminently compatible with the essential principles of Transcendental Idealism. The book also presents and assesses: the philosophical background to Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason the ideas and arguments of the text the continuing importance of Kant’s work to philosophy of religion today.


Kant and Religion

Kant and Religion

Author: Allen W. Wood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1108422349

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Explores Kant's philosophy of religion and morality through his Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason.


Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion

Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion

Author: Chris L. Firestone

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0253346584

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While earlier work has emphasized Kant's philosophy of religion as thinly disguised morality, this timely and original reappraisal of Kant's philosophy of religion incorporates recent scholarship. In this volume, Chris L. Firestone, Stephen R. Palmquist, and the other contributors make a strong case for more specific focus on religious topics in the Kantian corpus. Main themes include the relationship between Kant's philosophy of religion and his philosophy as a whole, the contemporary relevance of specific issues arising out of Kant's philosophical theology, and the relationship of Kant's philosophy to Christian theology. As a whole, this book capitalizes on contemporary movements in Kant studies by looking at Kant not as an anti-metaphysician, but as a genuine seeker of spirituality in the human experience.


Kant and Theology

Kant and Theology

Author: Pamela Sue Anderson

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2010-05-27

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0567603741

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Shedding new light on enlightenment and religion, this is an introduction to the influence of Kant's thoughts on theology and the response from theology.


Kant, Religion, and Politics

Kant, Religion, and Politics

Author: James DiCenso

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-18

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1139501542

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This book offers a systematic examination of the place of religion within Kant's major writings. Kant is often thought to be highly reductionistic with regard to religion - as though religion simply provides the unsophisticated with colourful representations of moral lessons that reason alone could grasp. James DiCenso's rich and innovative discussion shows how Kant's theory of religion in fact emerges directly from his epistemology, ethics and political theory, and how it serves his larger political and ethical projects of restructuring institutions and modifying political attitudes towards greater autonomy. It also illustrates the continuing relevance of Kant's ideas for addressing issues of religion and politics that remain pressing in the contemporary world, such as just laws, transparency in the public sphere and other ethical and political concerns. The book will be valuable for a wide range of readers who are interested in Kant's thought.


Kant and the Question of Theology

Kant and the Question of Theology

Author: Chris L. Firestone

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1107116813

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Kant scholars and analytic philosophers use varied perspectives to address problems surrounding Kant's theories of God and religion.


Religion and Rational Theology

Religion and Rational Theology

Author: Immanuel Kant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-03-19

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9780521799980

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This volume collects all of Kant's writings on religion and rational theology.