{"product_id":"comprehensive-commentary-on-kants-religi-9781118619209","title":"Comprehensive Commentary on Kants Religi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalmquist   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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Regardless of the reader s strategy of approach, there is no doubt that [Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason] will offer fresh insights to the Kant scholar, and those more generally interested in the philosophy of religion, for many years to come.' Jonathan Head, The Heythrop Journal, LVIII (2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Hermeneutic Background to Kant’s Religion: The Two Prefaces (R 3–14) 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Kant’s private beliefs and the writing of Religion 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The 1793 Preface: (A) Religion as the final purpose of morality 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The 1793 Preface: (B) Unifying philosophical and biblical theology 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The 1794 Preface: Two experiments and Kant’s responses to critics 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Human Nature’s Transcendental Problem: Evil and the Boundary of Goodness (First Piece) 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Original Goodness of Human Nature: Introduction, Comment, and Section I (R 19–28) 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Untitled introduction: Is humanity good or evil by nature? 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Comment: (A) Why moral neutrality is impossible 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Comment: (B) Could humans be partly good and partly evil? 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Section I: Human nature’s original predisposition is good 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Propensity to Evil in Human Nature: Sections II and III (R 28–39) 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Section II: (A) Three sources of moral evil 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Section II: (B) Defining evil as a perversion of moral reasoning 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Section III: (A) Empirical evil and its origin on the boundary 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Section III: (B) The need for (and form of) an a priori proof 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Evil’s Rational Origin and the Hope for Recovery: Sections IV and V (R 39–52) 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Section IV: (A) Transcendental versus empirical origins 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Section IV: (B) Assessing the Bible’s account of evil’s origin 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Section V: (A) Divine aid and conversion’s possibility 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Section V: (B) God’s role in transforming moral character 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Experiencing the Effects of Grace against Evil: The First General Comment (R 52–3) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Individual’s Logical Struggle: The Power of Belief in Divine Aid (Second Piece) 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Personified Idea of the Good Principle: Introduction and Section One, Subsections A and B (R 57–66) 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Untitled introduction: How to distinguish evil from good 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Section One, A: The archetype of perfection as a divine gift 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Section One, B: (A) Becoming exemplary via practical faith 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Section One, B: (B) An archetypal person’s twofold nature 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Legitimizing Hope in Divine Grace: Section One, Subsection C (R 66–78) 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. First difficulty: How can imperfect beings become holy? 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Second difficulty: Can we be certain of our eternal destiny? 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Third difficulty: How can God punish pre‐conversion evil? 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Overview: Grace as the basis for a legal claim to being good 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Biblical Symbols of the Struggle with Evil: Section Two (R 78–84) 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Genesis narrative on evil’s legal claim to dominion 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Advent of a unique person, free from the propensity to evil 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. In what sense does the crucifixion defeat the power of evil? 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The narrative’s rational meaning 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Experiencing Miracles as Self‐Negating: The Second General Comment (R 84–9) 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Community’s Empirical Victory: The Church as Historical Vehicle for Good (Third Piece) 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Founding of a True Church: Introduction and Division One, Sections I–V (R 93–109) 251 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Untitled introduction: Hope for victory in struggling with evil 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Division One, Sections I–III: Founding the ethical community 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. Sections I and II: The duty to leave the state of nature 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. Section III: An ethical community requires God 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Division One, Sections IV–V: Establishing a true church 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. Section IV: The four requirements for church organization 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. Section V: Every true church begins as a revelation faith 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Untitled comments: Different faiths can express one religion 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Interpreting Religious Ideas in a Church: Division One, Sections VI–VII (R 109–24) 288\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Division One, Section VI: (A) Interpretations must be moral 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Division One, Section VI: (B) Nonmoral Interpretive Methods 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. Scriptural scholarship is secondary to the moral method 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. Feeling as a common but unreliable third method 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Division One, Section VII: (A) Interpreting faith as a vehicle 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. The “remarkable antinomy” of sanctifying faith 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. Perspectival solution to the antinomy of faith 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Division One, Section VII: (B) The coming of God’s kingdom 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Gradual Victory of Good in Church History: Division Two (R 125–37) 326\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Division Two: (A) The unchangeable basis of the true church 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Division Two: (B) Christianity’s radical break with Judaism 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. The allegedly nonuniversal emphasis of the Jewish faith 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. The universal heart of Jesus’ message 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Division Two: (C) The role of scholarship in church history 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei. The diversion of historical Christianity from its true aim 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eii. Qualified optimism about the present state of religion 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Division Two: (D) Symbols of the inward kingdom 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix III: Understanding Mysteries as Moral Symbols in Communities of Faith: The Third General Comment (R 137–47) 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Religion’s Hypothetical Application: How to Serve God in a Church (Fourth Piece) 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Natural Christianity Revealed: Introductions and Part One, Section One (R 151–63) 379\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Untitled introduction: True and false service of God 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Part One, Introduction: Approaches to interpreting religion 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Part One, Section One: (A) The moral core of Jesus’ teachings 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Part One, Section One: (B) Jesus’ teachings on the afterlife 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Learning Statutory Religion without Delusion: Part One, Section Two, and Part Two §§1–2 (R 163–75) 409\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Part One, Section Two: (A) Biblical scholarship as a means 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Part One, Section Two: (B) Christian Judaism as prudential 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Part Two, Introduction and §1: The origin of religious delusion 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Part Two, §2: The moral principle opposing religious delusion 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Conscience as the Authentic Guide: Part Two, §§3–4 (R 175–90) 439\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Part Two, §3: Appendix: The deception of priestery 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Part Two, §3: Appendix: Teaching godliness without idolatry 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Part Two, §4: (A) Conscience as the guide for church teaching 463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Part Two, §4: (B) Avoiding hypocrisy in affirming creeds 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix IV: Understanding Means of Grace as Indirect Service: The Fourth General Comment (R 190–202) 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 552\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406895915351,"sku":"9781118619209","price":152.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118619209.jpg?v=1730497476","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comprehensive-commentary-on-kants-religi-9781118619209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}