From Religious Philosophy to Philosophy of Religion. A Path in Schelling’s Late Philosophy

The aim of the paper is to support the thesis that Schelling’s late philosophy\r\n(1827-1854) progressively transforms from a religious philosophy to a philosophy of\r\nreligion. Accordingly, (Christian) religion, initially taken as an auxiliary and guiding\r\nsource of philosophical reflection, gradually becomes a specific object of philosophical\r\nspeculation. The paper analyzes this change by identifying three phases of Schelling’s\r\nSpätphilosophie. Finally, it offers an account of the epistemological framework\r\nwithin which Schelling’s philosophy of religion fits and highlights its originality from\r\nthose of his contemporaries.