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A Kantian Response to the Problem of Evil: Living in the Moral World (2023)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2023). A Kantian Response to the Problem of Evil: Living in the Moral World. Religions, 14(2), Article 227. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14020227

James Sterba has presented a powerful and existentially sincere form of the problem of evil, arguing that it is logically impossible for God to exist, given that there are powerful moral requirements to prevent evil, where one can, and that these req... Read More about A Kantian Response to the Problem of Evil: Living in the Moral World.

Kant and the Divine: From Contemplation to the Moral Law (2020)
Book
Insole, C. J. (2020). Kant and the Divine: From Contemplation to the Moral Law. Oxford University Press

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

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 philosop... Read More about Kant, Divinity and Autonomy.

Free Belief: The Medieval Heritage in Kant’s Moral Faith (2019)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2019). Free Belief: The Medieval Heritage in Kant’s Moral Faith. Journal of the History of Philosophy, 57(3), 501-528. https://doi.org/10.1353/hph.2019.0056

I argue that insofar as Kant describes faith as a free-choice, he is aligned with the medieval tradition, and with his own sources that mediate this heritage (in particular, Leibniz and Locke). The medieval tradition consistently, affirmatively, and... Read More about Free Belief: The Medieval Heritage in Kant’s Moral Faith.

Theology and Politics: the Intellectual History of Liberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Insole, C. J. (2021). Theology and Politics: the Intellectual History of Liberalism. In A. Rowlands, A. Daughton, & E. Phillips (Eds.), T&T Clark Reader in Political Theology. T&T Clark/Bloomsbury

Realism and Anti-Realism (2017)
Book Chapter
Insole, C. J. (2017). Realism and Anti-Realism. In W. J. Abraham, & F. D. Aquino (Eds.), Oxford Handbook to the Epistemology of Testimony. Oxford University Press

The Intolerable God: Kant's Theological Journey (2016)
Book
Insole, C. (2016). The Intolerable God: Kant's Theological Journey. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co

The thought of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is often regarded as having caused a crisis for theology and religion because it sets the limits of knowledge to what can be derived from experience. In The Intolerable God Christopher Insole challenges that a... Read More about The Intolerable God: Kant's Theological Journey.

Kant on Christianity, Religion and Politics: Three Hopes, Three Limits (2015)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2016). Kant on Christianity, Religion and Politics: Three Hopes, Three Limits. Studies in Christian Ethics, 29(1), 14-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946815611111

This article makes two key claims in succession. First of all, Kant’s own religious hope is significantly and studiedly distanced from the traditions of Christianity that he would have received, in ways that have not yet been fully, or widely, apprec... Read More about Kant on Christianity, Religion and Politics: Three Hopes, Three Limits.

A Thomistic Reading of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Searching for the Unconditioned (2015)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2015). A Thomistic Reading of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Searching for the Unconditioned. Modern Theology, 31(2), 284-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12145

Kant and the Creation of Freedom: a Response to Terry Godlove (2014)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2014). Kant and the Creation of Freedom: a Response to Terry Godlove. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 72(3), 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-014-9455-4

Kant and the Creation of Freedom: a Theological Problem (2013)
Book
Insole, C. J. (2013). Kant and the Creation of Freedom: a Theological Problem. Oxford University Press

The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke (2012)
Book
Insole, C., & Dwan, D. (Eds.). (2012). The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke. Cambridge University Press

Edmund Burke and the Natural Law (2012)
Book Chapter
Insole, C. (2012). Edmund Burke and the Natural Law. In C. Insole, & D. Dwan (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke. Cambridge University Press

A Metaphysical Kant: A Theological Lingua Franca? (2012)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2012). A Metaphysical Kant: A Theological Lingua Franca?. Studies in Christian Ethics, 25(2), 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946811435385

I track a strand of intellectualist theology, running from Kant’s pre-critical into his critical work, whereby the divine will is constrained in its creative activity by the divine understanding. I suggest that Kant’s intellectualist theology continu... Read More about A Metaphysical Kant: A Theological Lingua Franca?.

Kant's Transcendental Idealism, Freedom and the Divine Mind. (2011)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2011). Kant's Transcendental Idealism, Freedom and the Divine Mind. Modern Theology, 27(4), 608-638. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0025.2011.01705.x

Intellectualism, Relational Properties and the Divine Mind in Kant's Pre-Critical Philosophy (2011)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2011). Intellectualism, Relational Properties and the Divine Mind in Kant's Pre-Critical Philosophy. Kantian Review, 16(3), 399-427. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1369415411000203

I demonstrate that the pre-Critical Kant is essentialist and intellectualist about the relational properties of substances. That is to say, God can choose whether or not to create a substance, and whether or not to connect this substance with other s... Read More about Intellectualism, Relational Properties and the Divine Mind in Kant's Pre-Critical Philosophy.

Kant's Transcendental Idealism and Newton's Divine Sensorium (2011)
Journal Article
Insole, C. (2011). Kant's Transcendental Idealism and Newton's Divine Sensorium. Journal of the History of Ideas, 72(3), 413-436. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2011.0025

Two Conceptions of Liberalism: Theology, Creation and Politics in the Thought of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Burke. (2008)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2008). Two Conceptions of Liberalism: Theology, Creation and Politics in the Thought of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Burke. Journal of Religious Ethics, 36(3), 447-489. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9795.2008.00356.x

The Irreducible Importance of Religious Hope in Kant's Conception of the Highest Good. (2008)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2008). The Irreducible Importance of Religious Hope in Kant's Conception of the Highest Good. Philosophy, 83(325), 333-351. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819108000703

The Truth Behind Practices : Wittgenstein, Robinson Crusoe and Ecclesiology (2007)
Journal Article
Insole, C. J. (2007). The Truth Behind Practices : Wittgenstein, Robinson Crusoe and Ecclesiology. Studies in Christian Ethics, 20(3), 364-382. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946807082933

The Wittgensteinian claim that meaning is immanent to 'practices', influential in contemporary theology, is capable of two readings: the first takes `practice' to refer to the social activities of actual communities; the second implies no more than a... Read More about The Truth Behind Practices : Wittgenstein, Robinson Crusoe and Ecclesiology.