(P/B) RELIGION WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF BARE REASON

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Werner S. Pluhar's masterful rendering of Kant's major work on religion is meticulously annotated and presented here with a selected bibliography, glossary, and generous index.
Stephen R. Palmquist's engaging Introduction provides historical background, discusses Religion in the context of Kant's philosophical system, elucidates Kant's main arguments, and explores the implications and ongoing relevance of the work. (From the publisher)

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Translator's Preface
Introduction by Stephen Palmquist
1. The Religious Context of Kant's Life: Conflicts of Heart and Mind
2. The Place of Religion in Kant's Philosophical System
3. Conflicts in Kant's Religion: Summary of the Text
A. Prefaces: The Conflict between Biblical and Philosophical Theologians
B. First Piece: Evil as the Transcendental Root of Rational Religion
C. Second Piece: Grace as Reason's Logical Power to Combat Evil
D. Third Piece: Church as the Empirical Realization of True Religion
E. Fourth Piece: Service as a Hypothetical Way of Pleasing God
F. Four General Comments: Theological Supplements to Rational Religion
4. Implications and Enduring Relevance of Kant's Religion
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Contents
FIRST PIECE On the Inherence of the Evil alongside the Good Principle, or, On the Radical Evil in Human Nature Comment
I. On the Original Predisposition in Human Nature to the Good
II. On the Propensity to Evil in Human Nature
III. The Human Being Is Evil by Nature
IV. On the Origin of Evil in Human Nature
General Comment. On Restoring the Original Predisposition to the Good to Its Power
SECOND PIECE On the Struggle of the Good with the Evil Principle for Dominion over the Human Being
SECTION ONE On the Legal Claim of the Good Principle to Dominion over the Human Being
A. The Personified Idea of the Good Principle
B. Objective Reality of This Idea
C. Difficulties Opposing the Reality of This Idea, and Their Solution
SECTION TWO On the Legal Claim of the Evil Principle to Dominion over the Human Being, and the Struggle of the Two Principles with Each Other
General Comment
THIRD PIECE The Victory of the Good over the Evil Principle and the Founding of a Kingdom of God on Earth
DIVISION ONE Philosophical Presentation of the Victory of the Good Principle Amid the Founding of a Kingdom of God on Earth
I. On the Ethical State of Nature
II. The Human Being Ought to Leave the Ethical State of Nature in order to Become a Member of an Ethical Community
III. The Concept of an Ethical Community Is the Concept of a People of God under Ethical Laws
IV. The Idea of a People of God Cannot (by Human Arrangement) Be Carried Out Except in the Form of a Church
V. The Constitution of Any Church Always Starts from Some Historical (Revelation) Faith, Which May Be Called Church Faith, and This Is Best Founded on a Holy Scripture
VI. Church Faith Has Pure Religious Faith as Its Highest Interpreter
VII. The Gradual Transition of Church Faith to the Autarchy of Pure Religious Faith Is the Approach of the Kingdom of God
DIVISION Two Historical Presentation of the Gradual Founding of the Dominion of the Good Principle on Earth General Comment
FOURTH PIECE On Service and Pseudoservice under the Dominion of the Good Principle, or, On Religion and Priestery
PART ONE On the Service of God in a Religion as Such
Section One The Christian Religion as a Natural Religion
Section Two The Christian Religion as a Scholarly Religion
PART Two On the Pseudoservice of God in a Statutory Religion
§1. On the Universal Subjective Basis of Religious Delusion
§2. The Moral Principle of Religion Opposite to Religious Delusion
§3. On Priestery as a Governance in the Pseudoservice of the Good Principle
§4. On the Guiding Thread of Conscience in Matters of Faith
General Comment
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index