TY - JOUR
T1 - To tell the truth on Kant and Christianity
T2 - Will the real affirmative interpreter please stand up!
AU - Palmquist, Stephen R.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - After reviewing the history of the "affirmative" approach to interpreting Kant's Religion, I offer four responses to the symposium papers in the previous issue of Faith and Philosophy. First, incorrectly identifying Kant's two "experiments" leads to misunderstandings of his affirmation of Christianity. Second, Kant's Critical Religion expounds a thoroughgoing interpretation of these experiments, and was not primarily an attempt to confirm the architectonic introduced in Kant's System of Perspectives. Third, the surprise positions defended by most symposium contributors render the "affirmative" label virtually meaningless. Finally, if Kant is read as constructing perspectival philosophy, not theology, the compatibility of his positions with Christianity stands.
AB - After reviewing the history of the "affirmative" approach to interpreting Kant's Religion, I offer four responses to the symposium papers in the previous issue of Faith and Philosophy. First, incorrectly identifying Kant's two "experiments" leads to misunderstandings of his affirmation of Christianity. Second, Kant's Critical Religion expounds a thoroughgoing interpretation of these experiments, and was not primarily an attempt to confirm the architectonic introduced in Kant's System of Perspectives. Third, the surprise positions defended by most symposium contributors render the "affirmative" label virtually meaningless. Finally, if Kant is read as constructing perspectival philosophy, not theology, the compatibility of his positions with Christianity stands.
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U2 - 10.5840/faithphil201229334
DO - 10.5840/faithphil201229334
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84875355427
SN - 0739-7046
VL - 29
SP - 340
EP - 346
JO - Faith and Philosophy
JF - Faith and Philosophy
IS - 3
ER -