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The ultimate aim of Kierkegaard's authorship is to build up his reader's character. Kierkegaard's signed, religious works suggest this reading, but some interpreters say that the more indirect, pseudonymous character of many of Kierkegaard's works undermines such an interpretati…

How can Paul tell a church he was correcting for uncharitable interrelationships that they were “able to admonish one another” (Rom 15:14)? This passage is one of sixteen within Paul’s letters which addresses ethical speech-acts that ought to occur among believers and result in …

In this dissertation I investigate the history of the modern happy ending. Drawing on a diverse set of historical sources from the early modern period until today, this study reconstructs and explores various conceptual origins and genealogical forerunners of the modern happy en…