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In Defense of Kant´s Religion
Chris L. Firestone
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Paperback. Offers cogent grounds for taking Kant's religion seriously and defends him against the charges of incoherence. This book incorporates Christian essentials into the confines of reason, and argues that Kant establishes a rational religious faith in accord with religious conviction as it is elaborated in his mature philosophy. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220141
SKU
V9780253220141
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About Chris L. Firestone
Chris L. Firestone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College in Deerfield, Ill. He is editor (with Stephen R. Palmquist) of Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion (IUP, 2006). Nathan Jacobs is Assistant Professor of Theology in the School of Biblical and Religious Studies at Trinity College in Deerfield, Ill. He has authored many articles on Kant ... Read more
Reviews for In Defense of Kant´s Religion
"Invaluable in courses on Kant's philosophy of religion. There is a sizeable literature on the topic, but none that gives such a comprehensive overview of the scholarship in the course of developing its own interpretation." —Merold Westphal, Fordham University "This book convincingly reinterprets Kant, and offers many genuinely fresh and thought provoking possibilities to explore." —Daniel Plant, King's College, Modern ... Read more