Kant and Theology

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-567-03414-4
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 309 g

Reihe: Philosophy and Theology

Description

The philosophy of Kant is widely acknowledged to have had a major impact on theology. However, due to the vastness and complexity of Kant’s philosophical system, contemporary theologians and ethicists tend to steer clear of his actual writings and often exhibit a misunderstanding of his central ideas on reason, morality and religion. Anderson and Bell aim to make Kant accessible again to new generations of students and to challenge twenty-first century academics to return to Enlightenment rationality. Kant and Theology takes a fresh look at freedom, evil and human autonomy in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason, as well as his Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason and ‘An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?’, demonstrating how these core texts can inform debates about a range of topics including salvation, purgatory, ritual practice and the role of reason for religious people today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Pamela Sue

Anderson, Pamela

Bell, Jordan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

Setting the Scene: Kant as a Philosopher for Theologians

Part I
Introduction
1. Short biography
2. General introduction to Kant’s philosophy

Part II

Central ideas and main works and their relevance to theology
3. Science and the Possibility Freedom, Morality and Religion: Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Judgement

4. Kant’s Moral Religion: Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, Critique of Practical Reason, and Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason.
5. Religious Institutions, ‘Priestcraft’ and the Enlightenment: Religion and ‘What Is Enlightenment?’

Part III

Reception and Relevance: Past, Present and Future

6. Kant’s Reception in Theology
7. Kant’s Relevance to Theology Today

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Anderson is Professor of Philosophy of Religion in the University of Oxford and Fellow of Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK.

Dr Jordan Bell is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. His philosophical interests centre on the two-aspect interpretation of Kant's transcendental idealism and the theory of freedom which arises out of it.