Kantian Philosophical Ecclesiology

Faith and Philosophy 17 (4):512-534 (2000)
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This paper begins with an outline of some of the main themes in the ecclesiology Kant presents in Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone. It then discusses implications of Kant’s ecclesiology for issues concerning scriptural interpretation and religious toleration. With the help of these implications, an objection to Kant’s ecclesiology is developed, and a Kantian ecclesiology modified in response to the objection is sketched out. The Roman Catholic ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council is compared to both Kant’s ecclesiology and the modified Kantian ecclesiology. It is argued that on some points the ecclesiology of Vatican II represents movement in the direction of Kant’s ecclesio]ogy while on others tension between Kant and Vatican II can be reduced by the modified Kantian ecclesiology.

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Religion, Ethical Community and the Struggle Against Evil.Allen Wood - 2000 - Faith and Philosophy 17 (4):498-511.
Religious ethics in a pluralistic society.Robert Merrihew Adams - 1992 - In Gene Outka & John P. Reeder, Prospects for a Common Morality. Princeton University Press. pp. 93-113.

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