Kierkegaard (Outstanding Christian Thinkers)

by JuliaWatkin (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $5.30

  This study examines some misunderstandings in attitudes to Kierkegaard, revealing that he was an important Christian thinker, whose approach to religion and ethics is relevant to contemporary issues. This book is an introduction to Kierkegaard's life and thought, addressing old issues from a new angle. New material shows that Kierkegaard's two modes of Christianity reflect the difference between the New Testament and universal precepts of Christ, and the counsels of perfection . Finally, the work presents Kierkegaard's ethical stage , as linked to his first view of Christianity as inspiring culture.

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $45.70

  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 addressed vital philosophical and ethical-religious questions about existence in a way that continues to be relevant across disciplines, generations, and cultures. This book distinctly and simply introduces Kierkegaard to new readers as a Christian religious thinker.