Biblical Theocracy

• "A work of striking originality." --Glenn Tinder (Prof. of Political Science, University of Massachusetts)
• "It is a most provocative work & offers an interesting vision of what politics could be like." --Donald J. Dietrich (Chair, Dept. of Theology, Boston College)
• "A vision can only be described, not argued. But Palmquist does argue his case with arresting prowess against a selection of political philosophers... I commend Palmquist on the clarity of his vision. He sees the ultimate paradox of the gospel as over against the simplistic legalism of every human political system, and as over against the arrogance of religious fanatics who speak too quickly for God.... His challenge of democracy as a politics of human rights is most cogent...." --Robert Paul Roth (Founding Editor), Areopagus (Sept. 1994), pp.24-25.
• "Dr. Palmquist's priority, after stating the case against making democracy a sacred cow, is not to outline a better mechanism.... The way of the cross is followed in giving up insistence on rights.... Biblical Theocracy is an interesting book with many valuable points to make.... [It] deserves to gain wide consideration." --Paul McKechnie (Prof. of Classics, University of Wellington), Journeyings (April 1994), pp.34-36.
• "Palmquist ... insists that a legitimate political system should not be a theory, but rather a vision. In his sensitive, scholarly, and somewhat literal reading of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures he has set forth the foundations for a society that he insists reflects God's image.... [R]eaders will no doubt appreciate his engagement with the pressing issues of the 20th century.... In essence, Palmquist pointedly asserts (p.49) that Christian politics is biblically possible only by destroying our inclinations to secure more rights and power.... [T]he questions he poses go to the roots of political issues.... His book, therefore, can help us reflect on socio-political questions in surprising ways. The book is both scholarly and homiletic in nature and can be read with profit by those in the social sciences and humanities." --History of European Ideas (forthcoming).

Kant's System of Perspectives (and related articles)

• "There are no other recent studies in English surveying all three parts of the critical system on so deep a scholarly level." --UPA's anonymous referee
• "Stephen Palmquist offers an architectonic interpretation of Kant's philosophy, but with a theocentric twist: As he sees it, the structure of Kant's thought leads to a 'Critical mysticism'.... Palmquist's readers will find the perspectival interpretation of Kant's architectonic a fascinating exercise." --Jennifer McRobert (University of Western Ontario), Canadian Philosophical Reviews XIV.2 (April 1994)
• "Palmquist introduces what he calls 'the principle of perspective,' as well as a system of graphic models.... By means of graphic models, Palmquist shows how he envisions the principle of perspective to function as a unifying and explanatory key to Kant's system as a whole.... On this reading Kant becomes primarily a kind of visionary. Thus one labors over the intricacies of Palmquist's interpretation (including extremely thorough documentation ...) only to be told ultimately, as it seems, that Kant believed the All is One!" --Susan F. Krantz (St. Anselm College) The Review of Metaphysics 48.2 (December 1994), pp.419-421
• "... on reading your article I was delighted. With articles like yours my work as editor will be a very pleasant one!" --Joseph Munitiz (editor of The Heythrop Journal), commenting on an earlier version of Ch. V
• "I find your article very interesting and your interpretation clear, ingenious and consistent." --Henri Lauener (editor of Dialectica), commenting on an earlier version of Ch. VI
• "You may be interested to know that in twenty years you are only the second author to be published in back-to-back issues." --Jude P. Dougherty (editor of The Review of Metaphysics), commenting on a pair of articles related to this book

A Complete Index to Kemp Smith's Translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

• "The compiler, in some of his earlier articles on Kant, has made good use of the material given in [this] book in his grouping together of metaphors of relation and perspective; others may likewise find uses of this book in exploring problems which would otherwise be unmanageable.... Palmquist's book may help in producing a new standard translation [of Kant's Critique]." --Lewis White Beck (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Rochester), Kant-Studien (Jan. 1989), pp.121-122.

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