Kant's secularisation of philosophy, the political theology of the civil society and the criticism of the Bible

Kant's relation to religion and theology is complex since he tries both to delimit theology's influence and to inherit its discursive power. The essay explores the different critical strategies and rhetorical means that Kant uses to deal with theology: theological analogies and metaphors in his systematic thought, a new kind of philosophy of religion,' a political theology of civil society, and finally a specific way of reading the Bible.