Formerly continuum studies in philosophy of religion. The great gulf if these critics are right, the defects of kant s account of reli gion are symptoms of wider problems in his philosophy. View or download the full issue, pdf restricted access. Philosophy of religion stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Pdf kant and the new philosophy of religion bloomington. Kant s religion within the boundaries of mere reason. I printed out the pdf file in order to read and study the book. 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 the philosophy of religion, particularly as it touches questions of phenomenology and christianity. But a com plete treatise on the philosophy of religi would be long and complicated, and space is limited in an introduction. Kants philosophy of religion stanford encyclopedia of.
Philosophy of religion is the philosophical examination of the themes and. The impression through the twentieth century of kant as a fundamentally secular philosopher was due in part to various interpretative conventions such as strawsons principle of significance strawson 1966, 16 whereby the meaningfulness andor thinkability of the supersensible is denied, as well as through an artifact of how kant s philosophy religion is introduced. Oneill kant on reason and religion 271 real consolidation to be had, and that we cannot escape the colos sal wreck of rationalist metaphysics and theology and the threat to religious faith. It presents a theory of radical evil in human nature, touches on the issue of divine grace, develops a christology, and takes a seemingly strong interest in the issue of scriptural interpretation.
Philosophy of religion internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Philosophy of religion is the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts. While awareness of religious diversity is not a new phenomenon, philosophers of religion from both the east and the west are becoming increasingly more. In any case, one has to start somewhere what follows is a very heavily revised version of a text published by oxford university press in 1982. It also incorporates volumes on the following metaphysical issues as and when they directly impact on the philosophy of religion. Including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy. 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. Several contemporary new atheist writers which are hostile to religion hold a related view. Kants philosophy of religion stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. As a whole, this book capitalizes on contemporary movements in kant studies by looking at kant not as an antimetaphysician, but as a genuine seeker of spirituality in the human experience. Here is the text of collingwoods religion and philosophy, aug. Project muse kant and the new philosophy of religion. Kant on reason and religion the university of utah. 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.