Philosophy of Religion

Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason

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Immanuel Kant

1793

Kant's most extended treatment of religion examines how rational moral philosophy can illuminate — and be illuminated by — traditional religious doctrines. He argues that genuine religion consists in the moral disposition rather than ritual observance, reinterprets doctrines of radical evil, grace, and the church through a purely rational lens, and distinguishes between religion as a moral institution and ecclesiastical faith as a historical phenomenon.