Contents: Introduction: Schopenhauer and Religion: Schopenhauer's worldview: hope or depair?; Militant atheist? Introducing Schopenhauer on religion; Metaphysics of the people: Schopenhauer, religion and truth; Schopenhauer and Morality: Reason and the foundation of ethics: Schopenhauer's rejection of the Kantian moral system; Kant, religion and morality: first steps on the 'humble path'; Mitleid and morality: interpreting Schopenhauer's ethics; Schopenhauer's humble path: Schopenhauer and the moral gap: the thing-in-itself, the will and beyond; The religion of Schopenhauer: searching for meaning and salvation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.