Kierkegaard

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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…

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Title Statements

Full title :Kierkegaard / Julia Watkin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxi, 120 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781441175892, 144117589X, 1283207125, 9781283207126
oclc:ocn741691292
LC Classification:B4378.C5
Dewey Decimal:198.9

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.

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.

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Christianisme -- Philosophie. -- Danema… Christianity -- Philosophy Christianity -- Philosophy. -- Denmark Denmark Kierkegaard, Søren Philosophie -- 19e siècle PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century