Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Informationen zum Autor James J. DiCenso is Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Kant, Religion, and Politics (Cambridge, 2011), The Other Freud: Religion, Culture and Psychoanalysis (1999) and Hermeneutics and the Disclosure of Truth (1990) and has published several scholarly articles in international journals. Klappentext A rigorous and comprehensive commentary, showing how the Religion develops key themes in Kant's mature philosophy. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive commentary on Kant's Religion explicates major arguments and key themes such as radical evil! the symbolic interpretation of biblical images and passages and the critical analysis of ecclesial institutions. It discusses the significance of the Religion to Kant's mature thinking and is of interest to scholars and students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introductory: religion through the lens of practical reason; 2. Kant's prefaces to the first and second editions; 3. Religion part one: concerning the indwelling of the evil principle alongside the good, or, of the radical evil in human nature; 4. Religion part two: concerning the battle of the good against the evil principle for dominion over the human being; 5. Religion part three: the victory of the good principle over the evil principle, and the founding of a Realm of God on Earth; 6. Religion part four: concerning service and counterfeit service under the dominion of the good principle, or, of religion and priestcraft; Bibliography.

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A rigorous and comprehensive commentary, showing how the Religion develops key themes in Kant's mature philosophy.

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This comprehensive commentary on Kant's Religion explicates major arguments and key themes such as radical evil, the symbolic interpretation of biblical images and passages and the critical analysis of ecclesial institutions. It discusses the significance of the Religion to Kant's mature thinking and is of interest to scholars and students.

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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introductory: religion through the lens of practical reason; 2. Kant's prefaces to the first and second editions; 3. Religion part one: concerning the indwelling of the evil principle alongside the good, or, of the radical evil in human nature; 4. Religion part two: concerning the battle of the good against the evil principle for dominion over the human being; 5. Religion part three: the victory of the good principle over the evil principle, and the founding of a Realm of God on Earth; 6. Religion part four: concerning service and counterfeit service under the dominion of the good principle, or, of religion and priestcraft; Bibliography.