Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason

"There has been something of a quiet revolution taking place in scholarship focused on Kant's philosophy of religion, and it is largely due to the work of Stephen R. Palmquist.... Regardless of the reader's strategy of approach, there is no doubt that [Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason] will offer fresh insights to the Kant scholar, and those more generally interested in the philosophy of religion, for many years to come."
—Jonathan Head, The Heythrop Journal, LVIII (2017)

"The work of Palmquist is remarkable, rich, precise, and stands as an indispensable point of reference nowadays for reading Kant's text."
—Francesco Valerio Tommasi, Con-Textos Kantianos (Translated from Italian)

"This commentary is a highly detailed, original approach to one of Kant's most enigmatic works of the Critical period. Palmquist is very capable of fleshing out all the detail, and all possible interpretations, of some of Kant's most obscure assertions. Anyone can readily recognize the impressive level of scholarship in this commentary... the present work is an impressive contribution to Kant-studies and will surely arouse numerous responses in the years to come."
—Dennis vanden Auweele, British Journal for the History of Philosophy

"An encyclopedia for its subject... one can consult the Commentary wherever one has questions about Kant's text."
—Otfried Höffe, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 70.3, (Translated from German)

"Stephen Palmquist has provided us with a magnificent work. Its sheer size alone dwarfs other recent commentaries on the Religion. Likewise, its encyclopaedic use of the secondary literature makes this book into the definitive resource for all scholars interested in either careful textual or philosophical analysis of Kant's principal work in the philosophy of religion.... An extraordinary resource for those committed to careful study of the Religion.
—Lawrence Pasternack, Kantian Review, 21.3

"[Kant's Religion] plays a central role in Kant's transcendental philosophy... [Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason] fully responds to this need by analyzing and commenting in a complete and timely manner on the full text of Religion.
—Andreas Gentile in abrizio Serra (ed.), Studi Kantiani XXIX, (Translated from Italian)

"A rich and erudite work of scholarship. Above all, it displays intellectual generosity in its effort to try to understand what Kant was trying to say in this his culminating work of his moral and religious philosophy... I have learned a vast amount from Palmquist's remarkable book."
—Ronald M. Green, "Ronald Green on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion", Critique

"I was impressed not only by the care which [Palmquist] took in the translation of Kant's writings but also by the significant contributions that he made to our understanding of how the Religion fits with Kant's other works and projects."
—Christina Drogalis, "Christina Drogalis on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion", Critique

"A wide ranging study, in which thought-provoking gems appear on almost every page.... I have learned an extraordinary amount from Palmquist's commentary on a work I had thought that I already knew well; and I am extremely grateful to him both for his devoted efforts as an astute critic and scholar to bring it forth and for the magnificent result from which many others will surely profit."
—Susan Meld Shell, "Susan Shell on Stephen Palmquist's Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion" Critique

"An encyclopedic resource to which readers can turn for illumination on any given passage.... Adopting this perspectival strategy... not only provides an effective way of resolving many of the apparent inconsistencies that trouble interpreters of [Religion], but also facilitates a plausible way of detecting when Kant is transitioning between his two experiments, i.e., between rational religion and his explicit discussion of Christian beliefs, symbols, and rituals."
—Andreas Gentile, Aretè