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Søren Kierkegaard / Elmer H. Duncan ; edited by Bob E. Patterson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Makers of the modern theological mindPublication details: Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, ©2016.Description: xiv, 121 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781619708143
  • 1619708140
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • B 4378.D86 2016
Contents:
1. Life -- 2. The aesthetic sphere and the reply to Hegel -- 3. Ethics is not enough -- 4. The religious life: Preliminary consideration -- 5. The religious life: The major texts -- 6. Maker of the modern theological mind.
Summary: Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), little known or read outside of Denmark in his own day, has come to be widely appreciated for his affirmation of the Christian faith and his critique of the human condition. He is responsible for one of the major currets of twentieth-century thought, existentialism, which emphasizes the priority of existence over essence. Christian existentialism appropriated his insights for theology and ethics, stressing human experience, freedom, and the commitment of faith. Elements of his approach are found in Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Emil Brunner, Rudolf Bultmann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Karl Rahner. Kierkegaard tried to clarify for his contemporaries the nature of Christianity, stressing that no philosophical system could explain the human condition. He emphasized the subjectivity of truth and could not refrain from attacking the cold formality and indifference of the state church of his day. In this book, Dr. Duncan guides the reader critically and skillfully through Kierkegaard's life and works. - from the back of the book.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Opera (Magaz.) Opera (Magaz.) Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Magazzino B 4378.D86 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0030196306

Include bibliografia (p. 103-109).

1. Life -- 2. The aesthetic sphere and the reply to Hegel -- 3. Ethics is not enough -- 4. The religious life: Preliminary consideration -- 5. The religious life: The major texts -- 6. Maker of the modern theological mind.

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), little known or read outside of Denmark in his own day, has come to be widely appreciated for his affirmation of the Christian faith and his critique of the human condition. He is responsible for one of the major currets of twentieth-century thought, existentialism, which emphasizes the priority of existence over essence. Christian existentialism appropriated his insights for theology and ethics, stressing human experience, freedom, and the commitment of faith. Elements of his approach are found in Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Emil Brunner, Rudolf Bultmann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Karl Rahner. Kierkegaard tried to clarify for his contemporaries the nature of Christianity, stressing that no philosophical system could explain the human condition. He emphasized the subjectivity of truth and could not refrain from attacking the cold formality and indifference of the state church of his day. In this book, Dr. Duncan guides the reader critically and skillfully through Kierkegaard's life and works. - from the back of the book.