Kant And the New Philosophy of Religion

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.

Chris L. Firestone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity International University. He has written many articles on religious dimensions in Kant.

Stephen R. Palmquist is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. His work includes Kant's Critical Religion: Volume 2 of Kant's System of Perspectives and many articles on Kant, Christianity, and Buddhism.

FOREWORD

MICHEL DESPLAND

XI

PREFACE

XIX

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

XXV

Editors' Introduction

1

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PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR KANTIAN THEOLOGY

1. The Tree of Melancholy: Kant on Philosophy and Enthusiasm

GREGORY R. JOHNSON

43

(19)

2. Kant on the Rational Instability of Atheism

JOHN E. HARE

62

(17)

3. Overcoming Deism: Hope Incarnate in Kant's Rational Religion

CHRISTOPHER MCCAMMON

79

(11)

4. The Anatomy of Truth: Literary Modes as a Kantian Model for Understanding the Openness of Knowledge and Morality to Faith

GENE FENDT

90

(17)

PART 2. THEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS FOR KANTIAN RELIGION

5. Reading Kant through Theological Spectacles

PHILIP J. ROSSI

107

(17)

6. Kant's Prototypical Theology: Transcendental Incarnation as a Rational Foundation for God-Talk

NATHAN JACOBS

124

(17)

7. Making Sense Out of Tradition: Theology and Conflict in Kant's Philosophy of Religion

CHRIS L. FIRESTONE

141

(16)

8. Kant and Kierkegaard on the Need for a Historical Faith: An Imaginary Dialogue

RONALD M. GREEN

157

(22)

PART 3. RELIGIOUS INSTANTIATIONS OF KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY

9. Kant and "A Theodicy of Protest"

ELIZABETH C. GALBRAITH

179

(11)

10. A Kantian Model for Religions of Deliverance

CHARLES F. KIELKOPF

190

(20)

11. Kant's Approach to Religion Compared with Quakerism

LESLIE STEVENSON

210

(20)

12. Philosophers in the Public Square: A Religious Resolution of Kant's Conflict

STEPHEN R. PALMQUIST with an appendix coauthored by RICHARD W. MAPPLEBECKPALMER

230

(25)

CONTRIBUTORS

255

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INDEX

257

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