Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant on Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

<p>Throughout his career Kant engaged with many of the fundamental questions in philosophy of religion: arguments for the existence of God the soul the problem of evil and the relationship between moral belief and practice. <i>Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason</i> is his major work on the subject.</p><p>This book offers a complete and internally cohesive interpretation of <i>Religion</i>. In contrast to more reductive interpretations as well as those that characterize <i>Religion</i> as internally inconsistent Lawrence R. Pasternack defends the rich philosophical theology contained in each of <i>Religion</i>’s four parts and shows how the doctrines of the Pure Rational System of Religion are eminently compatible with the essential principles of Transcendental Idealism. The book also presents and assesses:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the philosophical background to <i>Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason</i> </li> <p> </p> <li>the ideas and arguments of the text</li> <p> </p> <li>the continuing importance of Kant’s work to philosophy of religion today.</li> </ul>