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The Paradoxical Rationality Of Soren Kierkegaard
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Book Synopsis The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard by : Richard Phillip McCombs
Download or read book The Paradoxical Rationality of Søren Kierkegaard written by Richard Phillip McCombs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard McCombs presents Søren Kierkegaard as an author who deliberately pretended to be irrational in many of his pseudonymous writings in order to provoke his readers to discover the hidden and paradoxical rationality of faith. Focusing on pseudonymous works by Johannes Climacus, McCombs interprets Kierkegaardian rationality as a striving to become a self consistently unified in all its dimensions: thinking, feeling, willing, acting, and communicating. McCombs argues that Kierkegaard's strategy of feigning irrationality is sometimes brilliantly instructive, but also partly misguided. This fresh reading of Kierkegaard addresses an essential problem in the philosophy of religion—the relation between faith and reason.
Book Synopsis Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard by : F. Russell Sullivan
Download or read book Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard written by F. Russell Sullivan and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity by : George B. Connell
Download or read book Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity written by George B. Connell and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Søren Kierkegaard: Philosophy of religion : Kierkegaard contra contemporary Christendom by : Daniel W. Conway
Download or read book Søren Kierkegaard: Philosophy of religion : Kierkegaard contra contemporary Christendom written by Daniel W. Conway and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Christian Discourses by : Søren Kierkegaard
Download or read book Christian Discourses written by Søren Kierkegaard and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Paradox in Christian Theology by : James Anderson
Download or read book Paradox in Christian Theology written by James Anderson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does traditional Christianity involve paradoxical doctrines, that is, doctrines that present the appearance (at least) of logical inconsistency? If so, what is the nature of these paradoxes and why do they arise? What is the relationship between paradox and mystery in theological theorizing? And what are the implications for the rationality, or otherwise, of orthodox Christian beliefs? In 'Paradox in Christian Theology', James Anderson argues that the doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation, as derived from Scripture and formulated in the ecumenical creeds, are indeed paradoxical. But this conclusion, he contends, need not imply that Christians who believe these doctrines are irrational in doing so. In support of this claim, Anderson develops and defends a model of understanding paradoxical Christian doctrines according to which the presence of such doctrines is unsurprising and adherence to paradoxical doctrines cannot be considered as a serious intellectual obstacle to belief in Christianity. The case presented in this book has significant implications for the practice of systematic theology, biblical exegesis, and Christian apologetics.
Book Synopsis God and Passion in Kierkegaard's Climacus by : Johannes Corrodi Katzenstein
Download or read book God and Passion in Kierkegaard's Climacus written by Johannes Corrodi Katzenstein and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2007 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannes Corrodi Katzenstein offers a contribution to the current debate on Kierkegaard, mostly concerning the rationality of religious belief and the presumed religious neutrality (autonomy) of philosophical and scientific thought. More specifically, his book is an attempt to relate Kierkegaard's theory of the stages of life (aesthetic, ethical, religious) to issues that have been of utmost concern to Anglo-American (analytical) philosophy, such as the nature of truth, rational knowledge, objectivity, etc. From this angle, Kierkegaard turns out to be not the irrationalist he has often been made into but rather the outspoken witness of a passion that guides all thinking, i.e. the passion to think what cannot be thought. An attempt is made to show that for Kierkegaard, anticipating some of the arguments of contemporary postsecular philosophy, the ideal of pure or autonomous reason inevitably has its basis in a pre-rational, often tacit commitment to an origin whose primary home is in religious faith. Rather than precluding dialogue, awareness of these deeper forces and starting-points of our various philosophical and scientific outlooks is a critical requirement for mutual understanding between secularist and religious perspectives and traditions competing for cultural and political dominance.
Book Synopsis Subjectivity and Religious Truth in the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard by : Merigala Gabriel
Download or read book Subjectivity and Religious Truth in the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard written by Merigala Gabriel and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merigala Gabriel's main objective is to thoroughly examine subjective truth, which is the core concept in Kierkegaard's philosophy. Here Gabriel contrast subjective truth with objective truth in order to highlight the significance of subjective truth in its religious context and to bring out the inadequacy of objective truth. The principle of absolute paradox connected with the subjective truth is also discussed. The study also aims to present a detailed analysis of the aesthetic, ethical, and religious stages that represent existential dialectic, to examine their interrelationship and to show how the religious mode of existence is the key to genuineness in real existence. Care is taken to examine the disjunction between reason and faith: to bring out the importance of "faith" in Christianity and to show the limitations of science as far as Christianity is concerned. Gabriel also addresses the relation between God and Man. Finally, the importance of Kierkegaard's thought and his contribution to the development of "subjectivity and religious truth" are outlined.
Book Synopsis Søren Kierkegaard by : Daniel W. Conway
Download or read book Søren Kierkegaard written by Daniel W. Conway and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis A Re-appraisal of Kierkegaard by : Howard Alexander Slaatte
Download or read book A Re-appraisal of Kierkegaard written by Howard Alexander Slaatte and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1995 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Re-Appraisal of Kierkegaard provides the reader with a critical summation of Kierkegaard's basic existential insights into the problems and meanings of time and eternity as related to existence, knowledge and faith. Slaatte accentuates Kierkegaard's philosophy of time and destiny as related to daily existence, giving meaning and purpose to human life in the present tense of existence as related to the past and the future. Contents: KIERKEGAARD'S GENERAL INFLUENCE; Kierkegaard's Biographical Sketch, an Introduction; KIERKEGAARD'S PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE; The Meaning of Existence; The Conscious Self; The Decisive Self; The Self-Transcendent Self; The Problem of Reason; Reason and the Reasoner; Reason and Human Existence; Reason and Philosophical Issues; The Basis of Ethics; The Trans-rational Perspective; The Re-motivated Person; The Re-oriented Existence; The Role of Paradox I; Backgrounds in Philosophy; Delineation of S.K.'s View; KIERKEGAARD'S RELIGIOUS IMPACT; The Role of Paradox II; Barth's View Compared; Tillich's View Compared; The Inception of Dialectical Theology; The Backdrop of Modern Thought; The Existential Implications; The Redemptive Doctrines; The Relevance to Eschatology; The Meaning of Time; The Meaning of Eternity.
Book Synopsis Kierkegaard: Exposition & Critique by : Daphne Hampson
Download or read book Kierkegaard: Exposition & Critique written by Daphne Hampson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear introduction to the major works of Kierkegaard that highlights the Lutheran framework of his thought, the book combines exposition of the texts within their philosophical, theological, and historical context with an engaging critical dialogue that brings Kierkegaard into debate with twenty-first century thought.
Book Synopsis Volume 17: Kierkegaard's Pseudonyms by : Dr Jon Stewart
Download or read book Volume 17: Kierkegaard's Pseudonyms written by Dr Jon Stewart and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the elements that many readers admire in Kierkegaard’s skill as a writer is his ability to create different voices and perspectives in his works. Instead of unilaterally presenting clear-cut doctrines and theses, he confronts the reader with a range of personalities and figures who all espouse different views. One important aspect of this play of perspectives is Kierkegaard’s controversial use of pseudonyms. The present volume is dedicated to exploring the different pseudonyms and authorial voices in Kierkegaard’s writing. The articles featured here try to explore each pseudonymous author as a literary figure and to explain what kind of a person is at issue in each of the pseudonymous works. The hope is that by taking seriously each of these figures as individuals, we will be able to gain new insights into the texts which they are ostensibly responsible for.
Book Synopsis The Ethics of Authenticity by : Charles Taylor
Download or read book The Ethics of Authenticity written by Charles Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress, Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges. "The great merit of Taylor's brief, non-technical, powerful book...is the vigor with which he restates the point which Hegel (and later Dewey) urged against Rousseau and Kant: that we are only individuals in so far as we are social... Being authentic, being faithful to ourselves, is being faithful to something which was produced in collaboration with a lot of other people... The core of Taylor's argument is a vigorous and entirely successful criticism of two intertwined bad ideas: that you are wonderful just because you are you, and that 'respect for difference' requires you to respect every human being, and every human culture--no matter how vicious or stupid." --Richard Rorty, London Review of Books
Book Synopsis The Portable Kierkegaard by : Søren Kierkegaard
Download or read book The Portable Kierkegaard written by Søren Kierkegaard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philosophical Fragments by : Soren Kierkegaard
Download or read book Philosophical Fragments written by Soren Kierkegaard and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical Fragments is a Christian philosophical work written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1844. It was the first of three works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus, the other two were De omnibus dubitandum est, 1841 and Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, 1846.
Book Synopsis Volume 15, Tome II: Kierkegaard's Concepts by : Dr William McDonald
Download or read book Volume 15, Tome II: Kierkegaard's Concepts written by Dr William McDonald and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kierkegaard’s Concepts is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the key concepts and categories that inform Kierkegaard’s writings. Each article is a substantial, original piece of scholarship, which discusses the etymology and lexical meaning of the relevant Danish term, traces the development of the concept over the course of the authorship, and explains how it functions in the wider context of Kierkegaard’s thought. Concepts have been selected on the basis of their importance for Kierkegaard’s contributions to philosophy, theology, the social sciences, literature and aesthetics, thereby making this volume an ideal reference work for students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines.
Book Synopsis Kierkegaard and the Theology of the Nineteenth Century by : George Pattison
Download or read book Kierkegaard and the Theology of the Nineteenth Century written by George Pattison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book situates Kierkegaard in the nineteenth-century debates which influenced him and discusses his relevance to contemporary Christian theology.
