Kant, Divinity and Autonomy

Insole, Christopher J.

doi:10.1177/0953946819869168

Kant, Divinity and Autonomy

Insole, Christopher J.

Authors

Professor Christopher Insole christopher.insole@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

I suggest that in Kant’s conception of autonomy, we have a faithful variant of a perennial philosophical conception of divinity, distinctively re-configured by Kant’s own preoccupations and system, but still recognisably oriented around some philosophical conceptions of the divine, which have their origins in deep classical wells, with dreams and memories of thought-thinking-itself, and joyously diffusing itself, generating plenitude and harmony. If this is correct, then we might find that the most interesting dialogue in the realm of ‘public theology’ is not necessarily between Christianity and secularism, but between Christianity and a latent pagan religious philosophy, that draws upon a perennial strand of Platonism in Western philosophy.

Citation

Insole, C. J. (2019). Kant, Divinity and Autonomy. Studies in Christian Ethics, 32(4), 470-484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946819869168

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 17, 2019
Online Publication Date	Sep 10, 2019
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2019
Deposit Date	Nov 26, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Nov 26, 2019
Journal	Studies in Christian Ethics
Print ISSN	0953-9468
Electronic ISSN	1745-5235
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	32
Issue	4
Pages	470-484
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946819869168

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Insole, Christopher J. (2019). Kant, Divinity and Autonomy. Studies in Christian Ethics 32(4): 470-484. Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. DOI: 10.1177/0953946819869168