Richard Schaeffler a filozofia náboženstva
Richard Schaeffler and the Philosophy of Religion

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to focus the attention more on Richard Schaeffler’s philosophy of religion in two ways. Firstly, we approach his typology of philosophy of religion and then we give a brief outline of his own philosophy of religion. We will focus on his “attachment” to Kant’s transcendental philosophy. Schaeffler thought that a philosophy that wants to speak about the God of the Bible must be a philosophy of hope, and such a philosophy could be created by developing Kant’s teachings. From his point of view, Kant’s understanding of God as a principle of hope is closer to the religious understanding of personal God, than the metaphysical concepts of first nature. If Christian thought in theology and philosophy wants to reject dualistic–atheistic and utopian ideas about the future, it can be used as a model by Kant’s philosophy. According to Schaeffler’s theory, there are some reasons to legitimize and allow philosophical speech about God and the relationship to God. God is understood as the postulated basis of hope within the rational faith. Unlike Kant, however, Schaeffler switched to a model of historical and dialogical reason.

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