<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> “Between skeptical hopelessness and dogmatic stubbornness” – Kant’s dictum succinctly and incisively suggests the critical intent underlying his philosophy of history and religion. The present volume examines Kant’s approaches toward critical thinking about history as well as the dominant countervailing interest of rationality and examines Kant’s idea of an “authentic theodicy.”