Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith write by Merold Westphal. This book was released on 2014-08-11. Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book renowned philosopher Merold Westphal unpacks the writings of nineteenth-century thinker Søren Kierkegaard on biblical, Christian faith and its relation to reason. Across five books — Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sickness Unto Death, and Practice in Christianity — and three pseudonyms, Kierkegaard sought to articulate a biblical concept of faith by approaching it from a variety of perspectives in relation to one another. Westphal offers a careful textual reading of these major discussions to present an overarching analysis of Kierkegaard’s conception of the true meaning of biblical faith. Though Kierkegaard presents a complex picture of faith through his pseudonyms, Westphal argues that his perspective is a faithful and illuminating one, making claims that are important for philosophy of religion, for theology, and most of all for Christian life as it might be lived by faithful people.
Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard
Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard write by F. Russell Sullivan. This book was released on 2009-11-11. Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this work, Sullivan analyzes the relationship between faith and reason in Kierkegaard's philosophy. Kierkegaard is widely considered to be an irrationalist. Sullivan argues that he views faith as reasonable in a distinct way that must be uncovered. In some of his pseudonymous works, Kierkegaard speaks of the movement of faith as paradoxical and absurd. There is evidence from his non-pseudonymous works that Kierkgaard does not consider faith irrational. He denigrates reason only in that he wishes to impress upon nominal Christians (who look upon faith only as a body of doctrine) that more and more understanding of the tenets of faith can never yield logical certainty. The doctrines of faith can be argued pro and contra. For Kierkgaard, faith in this context is illogical, but not irrational. In his religious works, Kierkgaard's notion of reason is inextricably tied in with that of his recalcitrance of the will. Reason (logic and speculative thought) attests to its own limits in regard to doctrinal faith, but it also can point to that which is a reasonable step, even when logic alone is of no avail. For Kierkgaard, subjectivity is a necessary - but not sufficient - condition of religious faith. In actuality, Kierkgaard is not presenting an epistemological theory at all, but through his pseudonymous authors' emphasis upon subjectivity he hopes that nominal Christians will begin to experience the need for Christ. Kierkgaard believes that only if inauthentic Christians realize that the religious option cannot be decided by logical inquiry into the doctrines of faith, and then experience their own inauthenticity and the futility of any unaided willful efforts to remedy it, will the act of faith in Christ as a viable alternative appear as reasonable.
Passionate Reason
Passionate Reason - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Passionate Reason write by C. Stephen Evans. This book was released on 1992-11-22. Passionate Reason available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Passionate Reason situates Kierkegaard's philosophy in the context of postmodern religious thought, providing a contemporary reading of Fragments as a challenge to both the modern Enlightenment critique of reason and the postmodern abandonment of truth.
Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self
Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self write by C. Stephen Evans. This book was released on 2006. Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Evans makes a strong case that Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the philosophical world as a Christian believer.--Robert L. Perkins, Stetson University and Editor, International Kierkegaard Commentary "Prespectives in Religious Studies"
Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity
Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity write by George B. Connell. This book was released on 2016. Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. S ren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) famously critiqued Christendom -- especially the religious monoculture of his native Denmark. But what would he make of the dizzying diversity of religious life today? In this book George Connell uses Kierkegaard's thought to explore pressing questions that contemporary religious diversity poses. Connell unpacks an underlying tension in Kierkegaard, revealing both universalistic and particularistic tendencies in his thought. Kierkegaard's paradoxical vision of religious diversity, says Connell, allows for both respectful coexistence with people of different faiths and authentic commitment to one's own faith. Though Kierkegaard lived and wrote in a context very different from ours, this nuanced study shows that his searching reflections on religious faith remain highly relevant in our world today.
