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