Religion as a province of meaning: the Kantian foundations of modern theology
The thought of Immanuel Kant has had incalculable - and, many would say, negative - impact on the modern estimation of religion, religious belief, and religious knowledge. Yet, Davidovich argues in the strikingly original interpretation, the chief lines and import of Kant's work on religion hav...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
Fortress Press
1993
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| In: | Year: 1993 |
| Series/Journal: | Harvard theological studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
/ Religious philosophy
B Otto, Rudolf 1869-1937 / Religion / Theory B Tillich, Paul 1886-1965 / Religion / Theory B Philosophical theology B Religious consciousness B Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 / Otto, Rudolf 1869-1937 / Tillich, Paul 1886-1965 / Religion / Religion / Theory |
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Otto, Rudolf (1869-1937)
B Religion Philosophy History 19th century B Philosophical Theology B Tillich, Paul (1886-1965) B Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) Religion B Religion Philosophy History 20th century |
| Summary: | The thought of Immanuel Kant has had incalculable - and, many would say, negative - impact on the modern estimation of religion, religious belief, and religious knowledge. Yet, Davidovich argues in the strikingly original interpretation, the chief lines and import of Kant's work on religion have been crippingly misunderstood. Davidovich radically refigures Kant scholarship by focusing decisively on his Third Critique, long thought his weakest, where she finds Kant confronting the results of his strong distinction between theoretical and practical reason. There he attempts a comprehensive theory of reflective judgment, in which contemplative thought of a moral designer of the universe is a principle that overcomes the bifurcation of scientific (rational) and moral (practical) activities. Moreover, this specifically religious consciousness, which harmonizes the lawfulness of nature with the purposiveness of freedom, is further developed, Davidovich maintains, by Rudolf Otto's and Paul Tillich's influential theories of religion. Today it can safeguard the status of religion and a normative science of religion. Davidovich's work is an outstanding contribution, breaking new ground in both Kantian scholarship and the theory of religion The thought of Immanuel Kant has had incalculable - and, many would say, negative - impact on the modern estimation of religion, religious belief, and religious knowledge. Yet, Davidovich argues in the strikingly original interpretation, the chief lines and import of Kant's work on religion have been crippingly misunderstood. Davidovich radically refigures Kant scholarship by focusing decisively on his Third Critique, long thought his weakest, where she finds Kant confronting the results of his strong distinction between theoretical and practical reason. There he attempts a comprehensive theory of reflective judgment, in which contemplative thought of a moral designer of the universe is a principle that overcomes the bifurcation of scientific (rational) and moral (practical) activities. Moreover, this specifically religious consciousness, which harmonizes the lawfulness of nature with the purposiveness of freedom, is further developed, Davidovich maintains, by Rudolf Otto's and Paul Tillich's influential theories of religion. Today it can safeguard the status of religion and a normative science of religion. Davidovich's work is an outstanding contribution, breaking new ground in both Kantian scholarship and the theory of religion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-328) and index |
| ISBN: | 0800670906 |