Kant's Rational Theology

Kant's Rational Theology
Author: Allen W. Wood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1978
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

This book explores Kant's views on the concept of God and on the attempt to demonstrate God's existence as a means of understanding Kant's work as a whole and of achieving a proper appreciation of the contents of Kant's moral faith.

Religion and Rational Theology

Religion and Rational Theology
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2001-03-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521799980

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

Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998-11-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521599641

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.

Kant's Moral Religion

Kant's Moral Religion
Author: Allen W. Wood
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780801475528

Kant's Moral Religion argues that Kant's doctrine of religious belief if consistent with his best critical thinking and, in fact, that the "moral arguments"--along with the faith they justify--are an integral part of Kant's critical thinking.

In Defense of Kant's Religion

In Defense of Kant's Religion
Author: Chris L. Firestone
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2008-10-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0253000718

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.

Kant, Religion, and Politics

Kant, Religion, and Politics
Author: James DiCenso
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139501542

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
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107116813

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

Lectures on Philosophical Theology

Lectures on Philosophical Theology
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1986
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780801493799

"Lectures on Philosophical Theology is an indispensable addition to Kant's works in English. It has not been previously translated, and even though it is compiled from lecture notes, it provides information on Kant's views not previously available in English."--Philosophical Books

Kant as Philosophical Theologian

Kant as Philosophical Theologian
Author: Bernard M. G. Reardon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1988
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

This book sets out to present Kant as a theological thinker. His critical philosophy was not only destructive of "natural" theology, with its attempt to prove devine existence by logical argument, it also left no room for "revelation" in the traditional sense. Yet Kant himself, who was brought up in Lutheran pietism, certainly believed in God, and could fairly be described as a religious man. But he held that religion can be based only on the moral consciousness, and in his last major work, "Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone"ódiscussed here in detailóhe interpreted Christianity purely in terms of moral symbolism.

Kant and Religion

Kant and Religion
Author: Allen W. Wood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108422349

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