Kant on Religious Conflict in a Secular World

Abstract

The aim of this panel is to evaluate Kant’s of the relation between religion and the public sphere, and to investigate the extent to which these views bear on issues concerning religious conflicts. In their book "Secularism and Freedom of Conscience", Charles Taylor and Jocelyn Maclure distinguish two forms of a secular regime: liberal pluralist and republican. Taking into account this distinction and its relevance to recent problems with relations between state and religions, the panel will consider how Kant's conception of religion, formulated in "Religion within the Limits of Mere Reason", "The Conflict of Faculties" and other writings containing remarks on faith (for instance, his correspondence), bear on contemporary ways of dealing with religious conflicts (or simply on tensions between groups sharing divergent beliefs regarding the meaning and purpose of human life) and enabling peaceful coexistence of citizens of different faiths in one political community.

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