Kierkegaard
"On 1 September 1855, Soren Kierkegaard wrote in the last number of The Instant that his task was the Socratic one of 'revising' the definition of what it is to be a Christian. Yet he made it clear that his project entailed reform of the individual's way of life, not correction of doctrine." "Julia Watkin therefore presents Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker, but as one who, 'without authority', boldly challenged his contemporaries through an authorship that also Socratically forced them to tak…
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- Full title :Kierkegaard / Julia Watkin.
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"On 1 September 1855, Soren Kierkegaard wrote in the last number of The Instant that his task was the Socratic one of 'revising' the definition of what it is to be a Christian. Yet he made it clear that his project entailed reform of the individual's way of life, not correction of doctrine." "Julia Watkin therefore presents Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker, but as one who, 'without authority', boldly challenged his contemporaries through an authorship that also Socratically forced them to take a position of choice between different life-styles and world-views." "A key feature of the book is the presentation of Kierkegaard's two pictures of Christianity. On the one hand, Judge William's Christian ethics support and inspire culture, on the other, Christianity is shown as 'asocial' and counter-cultural. It is in this tension of Christian outlooks, both derived from the New Testament, that Kierkegaard's paradoxical attitude to Danish Lutheran Christianity, his polemic against the Church, is to be understood." "Through discussion of Kierkegaard's place in the Christian tradition, Watkin also shows why Kierkegaard has been hailed internationally as a significant figure for theology, philosophy, psychology and literature. Kierkegaard's voice not only spoke to his own time, it also speaks to the many faiths and cultures of the modern world."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:2000.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Continuum
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000.
Notes
Originally published: London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 120 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0826450865, 9780826450869
- oclc:ocm46333612
- LC Classification:B4378.C5
- Dewey Decimal:198.9
Table of Contents
The approach to Kierkegaard -- Personal and cultural background -- Existence and vocation -- The authorship -- Life in a Christian culture -- Christianity in conflict with culture -- Kierkegaard and the Christian tradition -- Kierkegaard in an ecumenical perspective.
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