Comprehensive Commentary on Kant’s Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason

Palmquist s Commentary provides the first definitive clarification on Kant s Philosophy of Religion in English; it includes the full text of Pluhar s translation, interspersed with explanations, providing both a detailed overview and an original interpretation of Kant s work. Offers definitive, sentence–level commentary on Kant s Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason Presents a thoroughly revised version of Pluhar s translation of the full text of Kant s Religion, including detailed notes comparing the translation with the others still in use today Identifies most of the several hundred changes Kant made to the second (1794) edition and unearths evidence that many major changes were responses to criticisms of the first edition Provides both a detailed overview and original interpretation of Kant s work on the philosophy of religion Demonstrates that Kant s arguments in Religion are not only cogent, but have clear and profound practical applications to the way religion is actually practiced in the world today Includes a glossary aimed at justifying new translations of key technical terms in Religion, many of which have previously neglected religious and theological implications INDICE: PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Hermeneutic Background of Kant s Religion (The Two Prefaces; R:3–14)1. Kant s private beliefs and writing of Religion2. 1793 Preface: (A) Religion as the final purpose of morality3. 1793 Preface: (B) Unifying philosophical and biblical theology4. 1794 Preface: Two experiments and their unificationPart One: Human Nature s Transcendental Problem Evil and the Boundary of Goodness (First Piece)I. The Original Goodness of Human Nature (Introduction, Comment and Section I; R:19–28)1. Untitled introduction: Is humanity good or evil by nature?2. Comment: (A) Why moral neutrality is impossible3. Comment: (B) Could humans be partly good and partly evil?4. Section I: Human nature s original predisposition is goodII. The Propensity to Evil in Human Nature (Sections II and III; R:28–39)1. Section II: (A) Three sources of moral evil2. Section II: (B) Defining evil as perversion of moral reasoning3. Section III: (A) Empirical evil and its origin on the boundary4. Section III: (B) The need for (and form of) an a priori proofIII. Evil s Rational Origin and Hope of Recovery (Sections IV and V; R:39–52)1. Section IV: (A) Transcendental versus empirical origins2. Section IV: (B) Assessing the Bible s account of evil s origin3. Section V: (A) Divine aid and conversion s possibility4. Section V: (B) God s role in transforming moral characterAppendix I. Experiencing the Effects of Grace against Evil (The First General Comment; R:52–53)Part Two: The Individual s Logical Struggle The Power of Belief in Divine Aid (Second Piece)IV. The Personified Idea of the Good Principle (Introduction and Section One, Subsections A & B; R:57–66)1. Untitled introduction: How to distinguish evil from good2. Section One, A: The archetype of perfection as a divine gift3. Section One, B: (A) Becoming exemplary via practical faith4. Section One, B: (B) An archetypal person s twofold natureV. Legitimizing Hope in Divine Grace (Section One, Subsection C; R:66–78)1. First difficulty: How can imperfect beings become holy?2. Second difficulty: Can we be certain of our eternal destiny?3. Third difficulty: How can God punish pre–conversion evil?4. Overview: Grace as the basis for a legal claim to being goodVI. Biblical Symbols of the Struggle with Evil (Section Two; R:78–84)1. The Genesis narrative on evil s legal claim to dominion2. Advent of a unique person, free from the propensity to evil3. In what sense does the crucifixion defeat the power of evil?4. The narrative s rational meaningAppendix II:  Experiencing Miracles as Self–Negating (The Second General Comment; R:84–89)Part Three: The Community s Empirical Victory Church as a Historical Vehicle for Good (Third Piece)VII. The Founding of a True Church (R:93–109)1. Untitled introduction: Hope for victory in struggling with evil2. Division One, Sections I–III: Founding the ethical communityi. Sections I and II: The duty to leave the state of natureii. Section III: An ethical community requires God3. Division One, Sections IV–V: Establishing a true churchi. Section IV: The four principles of church organizationii. Section V: Every true church begins as a revelation faith4. Untitled comments: Different faiths can express one religionVIII. Interpreting Religious Ideas in a Church (R:109–124)1. Division One, Section VI: (A) Interpretations must be moral2. Division One, Section VI: (B) Non–moral interpretive methodsi. Scriptural scholarship is secondary to the moral methodii. Feeling as a common but unreliable third method3. Division One, Section VII: (A) Interpreting faith as a vehiclei. The remarkable antinomy of sanctifying faithii. Perspectival solution to the antinomy of faith4. Division One, Section VII: (B) The coming of God s kingdomIX. Gradual Victory of Good in Church History (R:125–137)1. Division Two: (A) The unchangeable basis of the true church2. Division Two: (B) Christianity s radical break with Judaismi. The allegedly non–universal emphasis of the Jewish faithii. The universal heart of Jesus message3. Division Two: (C) The role of scholarship in church historyi. The diversion of historical Christianity from its true aimii. Qualified optimism about the present state of religion4. Division Two: (D) Symbols of the inward kingdomAppendix III: Mysteries as Symbols in Communities of Faith (The Third Genera Comment; R:137–147)Part Four: Religion s Hypothetical Application How To Serve God in a Church (Fourth Piece)X. Natural Christianity: True and False Service (R:151–163)1. Untitled introduction: Two approaches to serving God2. Part One, introduction: Approaches to interpreting religion3. Part One, Section One: (A) The moral core of Jesus teachings4. Part One, Section One: (B) Jesus teachings on the afterlifeXI. Learning Statutory Religion Without Delusion (R:163–175)1. Part One, Section Two: (A) Biblical scholarship as a means2. Part One, Section Two: (B) Christian Judaism as prudential3. Part Two, introduction & §1: The origin of religious delusion4. Part Two, §2: The moral principle opposing religious delusionXII. The Authentic Guide: Clergy vs. Conscience (R:175–190)1. Part Two, §3: The deception of priestery2. Part Two, §3, Appendix: Teaching godliness without idolatry3. Part Two, §4: (A) Conscience as the guide for church teaching4. Part Two, §4: (B) Avoiding hypocrisy in affirming creedsAppendix IV: Means of Grace in the Service of God (The Fourth General Comment; R:190–202)GlossaryWorks Cited

• ISBN: 978-1-118-61920-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
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• Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2015
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