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:1997

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1283207125, 9781283207126, 9786613207128, 6613207128, 9781441175892, 144117589X
oclc:on1162452751
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; 4 The authorship; 5 Life in a Christian culture; 6 Christianity in conflict with culture; 7 Kierkegaard and the Christian tradition; 8 Kierkegaard in an ecumenical perspective; Index