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This book examines the transcendental dimension of Kant's
philosophy as a positive resource for theology. Firestone shows
that Kant's philosophy establishes three distinct grounds for
transcendental theology and then evaluates the form and content of
theology that emerges when Christian theologians adopt these
grounds. To understand Kant's philosophy as a completed process,
Firestone argues, theologians must go beyond the strictures of
Kant's critical philosophy proper and consider in its fullness the
transcendental significance of what Kant calls 'rational religious
faith'. This movement takes us into the promising but highly
treacherous waters of Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere
Reason to understand theology at the transcendental bounds of
reason.
This book examines the transcendental dimension of Kant's
philosophy as a positive resource for theology. Firestone shows
that Kant's philosophy establishes three distinct grounds for
transcendental theology and then evaluates the form and content of
theology that emerges when Christian theologians adopt these
grounds. To understand Kant's philosophy as a completed process,
Firestone argues, theologians must go beyond the strictures of
Kant's critical philosophy proper and consider in its fullness the
transcendental significance of what Kant calls 'rational religious
faith'. This movement takes us into the promising but highly
treacherous waters of Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere
Reason to understand theology at the transcendental bounds of
reason.
In The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought, Chris L.
Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs, and thirteen other contributors
examine the role of God in the thought of major European
philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The
philosophers considered are, by and large, not orthodox theists;
they are highly influential freethinkers, emancipated by an age no
longer tethered to the authority of church and state. While
acknowledging this fact, the contributors are united in arguing
that this is only one side of a complex story. To redress the
imbalance of attention to secularism among crucial modern thinkers
and to consolidate a more theologically informed view of modernity,
they focus on the centrality of the sacred (theology and God) in
the thought of these philosophers. The essays, each in its own way,
argue that the major figures in modernity are theologically astute,
bent not on removing God from philosophy but on putting faith and
reason on a more sure footing in light of advancements in science
and a perceived need to rethink the relationship between God and
world. By highlighting and defending the theologically affirmative
dimensions of thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Gottfried Leibniz,
John Locke, Immanuel Kant, F. W. J. Schelling, G. W. F. Hegel, and
others, the essayists present a forceful and timely correction of
widely accepted interpretations of these philosophers. To ignore or
downplay the theological dimensions of the philosophical works they
address, they argue, distorts our understanding of modern thought.
Contributors: Nicholas Adams, Hubert Bost, Philip Clayton, John
Cottingham, Yolanda Estes, Chris L. Firestone, Lee Hardy, Peter C.
Hodgson, Nathan A. Jacobs, Jacqueline Marina, A. P. Martinich,
Richard A. Muller, Myron B. Penner, Stephen D. Snobelen, Nicholas
Wolterstorff.
God is a problematic idea in Kant's terms, but many scholars
continue to be interested in Kantian theories of religion and the
issues that they raise. In these new essays, scholars both within
and outside Kant studies analyse Kant's writings and his claims
about natural, philosophical, and revealed theology. Topics debated
include arguments for the existence of God, natural theology,
redemption, divine action, miracles, revelation, and life after
death. The volume includes careful examination of key Kantian texts
alongside discussion of their themes from both constructive and
analytic perspectives. These contributions broaden the scope of the
scholarship on Kant, exploring the value of doing theology in
consonance or conversation with Kant. It builds bridges across
divides that often separate the analytic from the continental and
the philosophical from the theological. The resulting volume
clarifies the significance and relevance of Kant's theology for
current debates about the philosophy of God and religion.
God is a problematic idea in Kant's terms, but many scholars
continue to be interested in Kantian theories of religion and the
issues that they raise. In these new essays, scholars both within
and outside Kant studies analyse Kant's writings and his claims
about natural, philosophical, and revealed theology. Topics debated
include arguments for the existence of God, natural theology,
redemption, divine action, miracles, revelation, and life after
death. The volume includes careful examination of key Kantian texts
alongside discussion of their themes from both constructive and
analytic perspectives. These contributions broaden the scope of the
scholarship on Kant, exploring the value of doing theology in
consonance or conversation with Kant. It builds bridges across
divides that often separate the analytic from the continental and
the philosophical from the theological. The resulting volume
clarifies the significance and relevance of Kant's theology for
current debates about the philosophy of God and religion.
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.
In "The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought, " Chris L.
Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs, and thirteen other contributors
examine the role of God in the thought of major European
philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The
philosophers considered are, by and large, not orthodox theists;
they are highly influential freethinkers, emancipated by an age no
longer tethered to the authority of church and state. While
acknowledging this fact, the contributors are united in arguing
that this is only one side of a complex story. To redress the
imbalance of attention to secularism among crucial modern thinkers
and to consolidate a more theologically informed view of modernity,
they focus on the centrality of the sacred (theology and God) in
the thought of these philosophers. The essays, each in its own way,
argue that the major figures in modernity are theologically astute,
bent not on removing God from philosophy but on putting faith and
reason on a more sure footing in light of advancements in science
and a perceived need to rethink the relationship between God and
world. By highlighting and defending the theologically affirmative
dimensions of thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Gottfried Leibniz,
John Locke, Immanuel Kant, F. W. J. Schelling, G. W. F. Hegel, and
others, the essayists present a forceful and timely correction of
widely accepted interpretations of these philosophers. To ignore or
downplay the theological dimensions of the philosophical works they
address, they argue, distorts our understanding of modern thought.
"Over the past twenty-five years there has been a gradual change in
the study of modern philosophy toward recognizing the centrality of
our relation to God in the work of most of the major modern
thinkers of the period. "The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern
Thought" is a timely and useful collection that has the potential
to crystallize this important development in the study of modern
philosophy." --John E. Hare, Yale Divinity School
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."
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