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1 online resource (xxi, 120 pages) |
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Outstanding Christian thinkers |
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Outstanding Christian thinkers.
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Editorial foreword; Preface; Abbreviations and bibliography; Acknowledgements; 1 The approach to Kierkegaard; 2 Personal and cultural background; 3 Existence and vocation; The world and our place in it; Kierkegaard''s vocation -- monastery in the world; 4 The authorship; Structure; Method of communication; Kierkegaard''s ''stages''; 5 Life in a Christian culture; Life without Christianity; Society built on Christian ethics; 6 Christianity in conflict with culture; The tension of dying to the world; Divine command and revelation; 7 Kierkegaard and the Christian tradition |
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8 Kierkegaard in an ecumenical perspectiveIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has been proposed as the 'father' of existentialism, as a forerunner of post-modernism and as the proponent of a purely humanistic religiosity. According to Julia Watkin all of these approaches suppress the reality of Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker, albeit one of a uniquely challenging cast who saw the need to treat Christianity as a personal existential adventure in which one is not afraid to risk oneself. In Kierkegaard, Watkin uses Danish critical sources to classify the legendary thinker as one of a radical Christian persuasion. Kierkegaard raised and addre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xx) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
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| SUBJECT |
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855 fast |
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Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.
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Christianity -- Denmark -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Christianity -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Modern
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Denmark
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441175892 |
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144117589X |
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1283207125 |
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9781283207126 |
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