Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
Av Stephen R. Palmquist, Hong Kong) Palmquist, Stephen R. (Hong Kong Baptist University, Stephen R Palmquist
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- Utgivningsdatum2015-12-11
- Mått173 x 244 x 36 mm
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- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor640
- FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
- ISBN9781118619209
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Stephen R. Palmquist is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hong Kong Baptist University. He lectures on a wide variety of subjects in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and religious studies. Palmquist has written numerous scholarly articles on various aspects of Kant's philosophy and has published ten books, the most recent of which is Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy (2010). In addition to Kant, his research interests include depth psychology, philosophy of love, philosophical anthropology, mysticism, logic of symbolism, theology of politics, and philosophy of religion.
- Preface xAcknowledgments xxiiiAbbreviations xxviIntroduction: The Hermeneutic Background to Kant’s Religion: The Two Prefaces (R 3–14) 11. Kant’s private beliefs and the writing of Religion 12. The 1793 Preface: (A) Religion as the final purpose of morality 73. The 1793 Preface: (B) Unifying philosophical and biblical theology 214. The 1794 Preface: Two experiments and Kant’s responses to critics 31Part I: Human Nature’s Transcendental Problem: Evil and the Boundary of Goodness (First Piece) 411 The Original Goodness of Human Nature: Introduction, Comment, and Section I (R 19–28) 431. Untitled introduction: Is humanity good or evil by nature? 432. Comment: (A) Why moral neutrality is impossible 513. Comment: (B) Could humans be partly good and partly evil? 594. Section I: Human nature’s original predisposition is good 632 The Propensity to Evil in Human Nature: Sections II and III (R 28–39) 721. Section II: (A) Three sources of moral evil 722. Section II: (B) Defining evil as a perversion of moral reasoning 783. Section III: (A) Empirical evil and its origin on the boundary 834. Section III: (B) The need for (and form of) an a priori proof 923 Evil’s Rational Origin and the Hope for Recovery: Sections IV and V (R 39–52) 1061. Section IV: (A) Transcendental versus empirical origins 1062. Section IV: (B) Assessing the Bible’s account of evil’s origin 1123. Section V: (A) Divine aid and conversion’s possibility 1204. Section V: (B) God’s role in transforming moral character 133Appendix I: Experiencing the Effects of Grace against Evil: The First General Comment (R 52–3) 144Part II: The Individual’s Logical Struggle: The Power of Belief in Divine Aid (Second Piece) 1514 The Personified Idea of the Good Principle: Introduction and Section One, Subsections A and B (R 57–66) 1531. Untitled introduction: How to distinguish evil from good 1532. Section One, A: The archetype of perfection as a divine gift 1613. Section One, B: (A) Becoming exemplary via practical faith 1664. Section One, B: (B) An archetypal person’s twofold nature 1695 Legitimizing Hope in Divine Grace: Section One, Subsection C (R 66–78) 1791. First difficulty: How can imperfect beings become holy? 1792. Second difficulty: Can we be certain of our eternal destiny? 1833. Third difficulty: How can God punish pre‐conversion evil? 1954. Overview: Grace as the basis for a legal claim to being good 2076 Biblical Symbols of the Struggle with Evil: Section Two (R 78–84) 2151. The Genesis narrative on evil’s legal claim to dominion 2152. Advent of a unique person, free from the propensity to evil 2183. In what sense does the crucifixion defeat the power of evil? 2234. The narrative’s rational meaning 227Appendix II: Experiencing Miracles as Self‐Negating: The Second General Comment (R 84–9) 233Part III: The Community’s Empirical Victory: The Church as Historical Vehicle for Good (Third Piece) 2497 The Founding of a True Church: Introduction and Division One, Sections I–V (R 93–109) 251 1. Untitled introduction: Hope for victory in struggling with evil 2512. Division One, Sections I–III: Founding the ethical community 255i. Sections I and II: The duty to leave the state of nature 255ii. Section III: An ethical community requires God 2633. Division One, Sections IV–V: Establishing a true church 267i. Section IV: The four requirements for church organization 267ii. Section V: Every true church begins as a revelation faith 2734. Untitled comments: Different faiths can express one religion 2838 Interpreting Religious Ideas in a Church: Division One, Sections VI–VII (R 109–24) 2881. Division One, Section VI: (A) Interpretations must be moral 2882. Division One, Section VI: (B) Nonmoral Interpretive Methods 294i. Scriptural scholarship is secondary to the moral method 294ii. Feeling as a common but unreliable third method 3003. Division One, Section VII: (A) Interpreting faith as a vehicle 303i. The “remarkable antinomy” of sanctifying faith 303ii. Perspectival solution to the antinomy of faith 3104. Division One, Section VII: (B) The coming of God’s kingdom 3199 Gradual Victory of Good in Church History: Division Two (R 125–37) 3261. Division Two: (A) The unchangeable basis of the true church 3262. Division Two: (B) Christianity’s radical break with Judaism 329i. The allegedly nonuniversal emphasis of the Jewish faith 329ii. The universal heart of Jesus’ message 3333. Division Two: (C) The role of scholarship in church history 338i. The diversion of historical Christianity from its true aim 338ii. Qualified optimism about the present state of religion 3414. Division Two: (D) Symbols of the inward kingdom 346Appendix III: Understanding Mysteries as Moral Symbols in Communities of Faith: The Third General Comment (R 137–47) 355Part IV: Religion’s Hypothetical Application: How to Serve God in a Church (Fourth Piece) 37710 Natural Christianity Revealed: Introductions and Part One, Section One (R 151–63) 3791. Untitled introduction: True and false service of God 3792. Part One, Introduction: Approaches to interpreting religion 3843. Part One, Section One: (A) The moral core of Jesus’ teachings 3954. Part One, Section One: (B) Jesus’ teachings on the afterlife 40411 Learning Statutory Religion without Delusion: Part One, Section Two, and Part Two §§1–2 (R 163–75) 4091. Part One, Section Two: (A) Biblical scholarship as a means 4092 Part One, Section Two: (B) Christian Judaism as prudential 4143. Part Two, Introduction and §1: The origin of religious delusion 4204. Part Two, §2: The moral principle opposing religious delusion 42712 Conscience as the Authentic Guide: Part Two, §§3–4 (R 175–90) 4391. Part Two, §3: Appendix: The deception of priestery 4392. Part Two, §3: Appendix: Teaching godliness without idolatry 4513. Part Two, §4: (A) Conscience as the guide for church teaching 4634. Part Two, §4: (B) Avoiding hypocrisy in affirming creeds 469Appendix IV: Understanding Means of Grace as Indirect Service: The Fourth General Comment (R 190–202) 477Glossary 501Works Cited 537Index 552
"There has been something of a quiet revolution taking place in scholarship focused on Kant's philosophy of religion, and it is largely due to the work of Stephen R. Palmquist.... 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)"The work of Palmquist is remarkable, rich, precise, and stands as an indispensable point of reference nowadays for reading Kant's text."—Francesco Valerio Tommasi, Con-Textos Kantianos (Translated from Italian)"This commentary is a highly detailed, original approach to one of Kant's most enigmatic works of the Critical period. Palmquist is very capable of fleshing out all the detail, and all possible interpretations, of some of Kant's most obscure assertions. Anyone can readily recognize the impressive level of scholarship in this commentary... the present work is an impressive contribution to Kant-studies and will surely arouse numerous responses in the years to come."—Dennis vanden Auweele, British Journal for the History of Philosophy"An encyclopedia for its subject... one can consult the Commentary wherever one has questions about Kant's text."—Otfried Höffe, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 70.3, (Translated from German)"Stephen Palmquist has provided us with a magnificent work. Its sheer size alone dwarfs other recent commentaries on the Religion. Likewise, its encyclopaedic use of the secondary literature makes this book into the definitive resource for all scholars interested in either careful textual or philosophical analysis of Kant's principal work in the philosophy of religion.... An extraordinary resource for those committed to careful study of the Religion.—Lawrence Pasternack, Kantian Review, 21.3"[Kant's Religion] plays a central role in Kant's transcendental philosophy... [Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason] fully responds to this need by analyzing and commenting in a complete and timely manner on the full text of Religion.—Andreas Gentile in abrizio Serra (ed.), Studi Kantiani XXIX, (Translated from Italian)"A rich and erudite work of scholarship. Above all, it displays intellectual generosity in its effort to try to understand what Kant was trying to say in this his culminating work of his moral and religious philosophy... I have learned a vast amount from Palmquist's remarkable book."—Ronald M. Green, "Ronald Green on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion", Critique"I was impressed not only by the care which [Palmquist] took in the translation of Kant's writings but also by the significant contributions that he made to our understanding of how the Religion fits with Kant's other works and projects."—Christina Drogalis, "Christina Drogalis on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion", Critique"A wide ranging study, in which thought-provoking gems appear on almost every page.... I have learned an extraordinary amount from Palmquist's commentary on a work I had thought that I already knew well; and I am extremely grateful to him both for his devoted efforts as an astute critic and scholar to bring it forth and for the magnificent result from which many others will surely profit."—Susan Meld Shell, "Susan Shell on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion" Critique"An encyclopedic resource to which readers can turn for illumination on any given passage.... Adopting this perspectival strategy... not only provides an effective way of resolving many of the apparent inconsistencies that trouble interpreters of [Religion], but also facilitates a plausible way of detecting when Kant is transitioning between his two experiments, i.e., between rational religion and his explicit discussion of Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals."—Andreas Gentile, Aretè