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| Titre : | The Burden of Søren Kierkegaard |
| Auteurs : | Edward John Carnell, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Grand Rapids [USA] : William B. Eerdmans, 1965 |
| Format : | 174 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | QW/D (Etudes sur des philosophes: époque moderne (18e-19e s.)) |
| Résumé : |
Although the wide influence of Soren Kierkegaard's writing! upon modem Christian thought is now generally recognized, the insights of the Danish "knight of faith" have often been misread and misinterpreted by those who seek to canonize their own theologies by appealing to Kierkegaard. The fact that modern Christian thought owes much to Kierkegaard does not mean that modern Christian thought speaks for Kierkegaard at all points.
In this short study, Professor Edward John Carnell has allowed Kierkegaard to speak for himself, thus providing a valuable glimpse Into the thought of the great Danish philosophertheologian. Restricting the number of critical comments (including a short closing chapter entitled "Yes and No"), Carnell has written a short survey of Kierkegaard's thought with generous documentation from his writings. The two major theses which the author discusses are "existential living" and "Truth is subjectivity." He elucidates that latter thesis by explaining the four affirmative elements in Kierkegaard's idea of subjective truth: faith, suffering, hope, and love. All of Kierkegaard's writing is seen in the light of his prophetic vocation of defending the individual and his freedom, making it difficult to be a Christian by destroying the Laodicean, lukewarmness of orthodox Christianity, and finally, serving as a witness to "spur people on to becoming moral characters, witnesses to the truth, to be willing to suffer for the truth, and ready to give up worldly wisdom." Professor Carnell concludes by stating that because Kierkegaard "strove to enrich the body of Christ by developing a fresh interpretation of spiritual truth, his books should be read, and read again." This volume will do more than encourage readers to do that; it will help them when they do. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface - One: The Foundation of Kierkegaard’s Burden - Two: Kierkegaard’s Vocation - Three: Kierkegaard’s View of Man - Four: The Dialectic of Inwardness - Five: Kingdom Outcasts - Six: Subjective Truth - Seven: Yes and No - Index |
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