In defense of Kant's Religion

Author(s)

• Firestone, Chris L.
• Jacobs, Nathan

Bibliographic Information

In defense of Kant's Religion

Chris L. Firestone and Nathan Jacobs ; foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff

（Indiana series in the philosophy of religion）

Indiana University Press, c2008

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff Acknowledgments Note on Text Quotations People vs. Religion Part 1. Perspectives on Kant's Religion 1. The Metaphysical Motives behind Religion Witness for the Prosecution: Vincent McCarthy Witness for the Defense: Stephen R. Palmquist Witness for the Prosecution: Keith Ward Witness for the Defense: Allen W. Wood 2. The Philosophical Character of Religion Witnesses for the Prosecution: Philip Quinn and Nicholas Wolterstorff Witness for the Defense: Ronald M. Green Witness for the Defense: Adina Davidovich Witnesses for the Defense: Bernard M. G. Reardon and John E. Hare 3. The Indictment of Religion The Predisposition-Propensity Conflict The Innate-but-Freely-Chosen Predicament The Universal-Contingent Puzzle The Stoic-Saint Dilemma The Before-and-After Problem The Hermeneutic Circularity Crisis The Unnecessary Necessity Paradox Part 2. The Defense of Kant's Religion 4. Kant's Philosophy of Religion Reconsidered-Again Pure Cognition and Rational Faith Kant's Two Experiments in Religion The Moral Disposition and the Pursuit of Virtue 5. Book One of Religion Kant's Case for Moral Rigorism Kant's Anthropology and Humanity's Moral Bent Humanity's Moral Disposition 6. Book Two of Religion The Prototype of Perfect Humanity Practical Faith in the Son of God The Anatomy of Moral Hope 7. Book Three of Religion The Need for and Nature of the Ethical Commonwealth Ecclesiastical Faith as the Vehicle for Pure Religious Faith The Rational Merits of Christianity 8. Book Four of Religion Kant on Revelation and Rationalism Christianity as a Natural and Learned Religion Concerning the Counterfeit Service of God Closing Statement Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB02694422
• ISBN:
  • 9780253352170
  • 9780253220141
• LCCN: 2008005973
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 278 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B2792
  • DC22 : 210.92
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft
  • LCSH : Philosophy and religion
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10719984