Kierkegaard and Christian Faith responds directly to the perennial and problematic concern of how to read Kierkegaard. Specifically, this volume presses the question of whether the existentialist philosopher, who so troubled the waters of nineteenth-century Danish Christendom, is a ""Christian thinker for our time."" The chapters crisscross the disciplines of philosophy, theology, literature, and ethics, and are as rich in argument as they are diverse in style. Collectively the chapters demonstrate a principled agreement that Kierkegaard continues to be relevant, even imperative. Kierkegaard and Christian Faith reveals just how Kierkegaard's work both defines and reconfigures what is meant by ""Christian thinker."" Following an autobiographical prologue by Kathleen Norris, this volume gathers the chapters in pairs around crucial themes: the use of philosophy (Merold Westphal and C. Stephen Evans), revelation and authority (Richard Bauckham and Paul J. Griffiths), Christian character (Sylvia Walsh and Ralph C. Wood), the relationship between the church and the world (Jennifer A. Herdt and Paul Martens), and moral questions of forgiveness and love (Simon D. Podmore and Cyril O'Regan). The volume underscores the centrality of Christianity to Kierkegaard's life and thought, and rightly positions Kierkegaard as a profound challenge to Christianity as it is understood and practiced today.
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Responds directly to the perennial and problematic concern of how to read Kierkegaard. Specifically, this volume presses the question of whether the existentialist philosopher, who so troubled the waters of nineteenth-century Danish Christendom, is a “Christian thinker for our time”.
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1. An Introduction to False Pretenses, S?©ren Kierkegaard, and Trying on Faith for SizePart I: Philosophy, Revelation, and Authority2. Kierkegaard as Four Dimensional Thinker3. Kierkegaard, Natural Theology, and the Existence of God4. Kierkegaard and the Epistle of James5. Kierkegaard and Apostolic AuthorityPart II: Christian Character and Community6. On Becoming a Person of Character7. S?©ren Kierkegaard, Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins, and Transparency Before God8. The Apophatic Self and the Way of Forgetting9. The Rule of Chaos and the Perturbation of Love10. Secrecy, Corruption, and the Exchange of Reasons11. Kierkegaard and the Peaceable Kingdom
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This volume is perhaps the most important text in recent decades to consider the ways in which Kierkegaard's thought is of historical relevance to Christian thought and at the same speak to what it means to be (or try to become) a Christian. -- Choice
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ISBN
9781481304702
Publisert
2016-03-30
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Baylor University Press
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229 mm
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152 mm
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U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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255