Kantian Reason and Hegelian Sp

Winner: 2012 The American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religious Studies, PROSE Award.

In this thought-provoking new work, the world renowned theologian Gary Dorrien reveals how Kantian and post-Kantian idealism were instrumental in the foundation and development of modern Christian theology.

• Presents a radical rethinking of the roots of modern theology
• Reveals how Kantian and post-Kantian idealism were instrumental in the foundation and development of modern Christian theology
• Shows how it took Kant's writings on ethics and religion to launch a fully modern departure in religious thought
• Dissects Kant's three critiques of reason and his moral conception of religion
• Analyzes alternative arguments offered by Schleiermacher, Schelling, Hegel, and others - moving historically and chronologically through key figures in European philosophy and theology
• Presents notoriously difficult and intellectual arguments in a lucid and accessible manner

Author: Gary Dorrien
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 03/16/2015
Pages: 616
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781119016540

About the Author
GARY DORRIEN is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and
Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the
highly-acclaimed trilogy The Making of Liberal Theology (2001, 2003, 2006), and Social Ethics in the Making:
Interpreting an American Tradition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, 2010).

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