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Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason

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Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason by Stephen R. Palmquist offers an in-depth analysis of Immanuel Kant's insights on religion, examining how Kant navigates the relationship between reason and faith. The commentary unpacks Kant's complex arguments on morality, the role of religious institutions, and the ethical dimensions of religious belief, all while making them accessible to modern readers interested in philosophy and theology.
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This comprehensive commentary may appeal to you if you are intrigued by an in-depth analysis of Immanuel Kant's philosophical exploration of religion. It unravels the complex arguments within Kant's work, making it a great choice for those interested in the intersection of philosophy, religion, and reason, or for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Kant's influence on religious thought.

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Palmquist 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.

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Palmquist’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.

Offers definitive, sentence-level commentary on Kant’s Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason.

Presents a thoroughly revised version of Pluhar’s translation of the full text of Kant’s Religion, including detailed notes comparing the translation with the others still in use today.

Identifies most of the several hundred changes Kant made to the second (1794) edition and unearths evidence that many major changes were responses to criticisms of the first edition.

Provides both a detailed overview and original interpretation of Kant’s work on the philosophy of religion.

Demonstrates that Kant’s arguments in Religion are not only cogent, but have clear and profound practical applications to the way religion is actually practiced in the world today.

Includes a glossary aimed at justifying new translations of key technical terms in Religion, many of which have previously neglected religious and theological implications.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119090236

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 885g

Pages: 640

About the Author

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 10 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.

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