Presupposing God

It is widely recognized that Immanuel Kant was one of Karl Barth's most important intellectual influences, but how and to what extent this is the case remains an open question. In Presupposing God, Robert Hand demonstrates a deep consistency between Kant's and Barth's theological epistemologies, with this issue in mind. After arguing for a number of positive emphases in Kant's critical philosophy and religious epistemology in conversation with modern Kant scholarship, Presupposing God demonstrates how these emphases were obscured in Kant's reception in the decades between Kant and Barth, and then explores the intellectual conditions under which Barth first encountered Kant. The argument proceeds to show how Barth wrestled with these varying interpretations and continued to utilize Kant with increased sophistication as his thought developed across the Romans commentaries, Anselm, and the Church Dogmatics. Presupposing God suggests that Kant can be an asset to theology, rather than the liability he is often taken to be, and that Barth is one of the better available examples of this in practice.

Author: Robert A. Hand
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 07/29/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781666733747
ISBN10: 1666733741
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | Systematic
- Philosophy | Individual Philosophers

About the Author
Robert A. Hand teaches philosophy, ethics, and theology at LeTourneau University. He has also taught the history of Christianity and given guest lectures in philosophy at The University of Texas at Tyler. He is the author of Since You Have Been Raised: Sermons and Addresses.