Comprehensive commentary on Kant's Religion within the bounds of bare reason / Stephen R. Palmquist

Introduction: the hermeneutic background to Kant's Religion: the two prefaces (R 3-14) -- Part I. Human nature's transcendental problem: evil and the boundary of goodness (first piece) -- The original goodness of human nature: introduction, comment, and section I (R 19-28) -- The propensity to evil in human nature: sections II and III (R 28-39) -- Evil's rational origin and the hope for recovery: sections IV and V (R 39-52) -- Appendix I: experiencing the effects of grace against evil: the first general comment (R 52-3) -- Part II. The individual's logical struggle: the power of belief in divine aid (second piece) -- The personified idea of the good principle: introduction and section one, subsections A and B (R 57-66) -- Legitimizing hope in divine grace: section one, subsection C (R 66-78) -- Biblical symbols of the struggle with evil: section two (R 78-84) -- Appendix II: experiencing miracles as self-negating: the second general comment (R 84-9) -- Part III. The community's empirical victory: the church as historical vehicle for good (third piece) -- The founding of a true church: introduction and division one, sections I-V (R 93-109) -- Interpreting religious ideas in a church: division one, section VI-VII (R 109-24) -- Gradual victory of good in church history: division two (R 125-37) -- Appendix III: understanding mysteries as moral symbols in communities of faith: the third general comment (R 137-47) -- Part IV. Religion's hypothetical application: how to serve God in a church (fourth piece) -- Natural Christianity revealed: introductions and part one, section one (R 151-63) -- Learning statutory religion without delusion: part one, section two, and part two ʹʹ1-2 (R 163-75) -- Conscience as the authentic guide: part two, ʹʹ3-4 (R 175-90) -- Appendix IV: understanding means of grace as indirect service: the fourth general comment (R 190-202)

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Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary provides the first definitive explication of Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason. The volume includes the full text of Kant's original work in a revised version of Pluhar's translation, divided into short quotations. Palmquist offers editorial commentary on each segment, as well as detailed notes tracing other important issues, including problems of translation, Kant's sources, and key arguments in the recent secondary literature