The SPCK Introduction to Kierkegaard
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
128 pages
978-0-281-06570-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book about a remarkable man - yet in an important sense it is not about this man at all. Soren Kierkegaard died in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of forty-two in 1855. His writings had little influence in his lifetime and after his death, even with the translation of some of his works into German, he was barely known. Yet today, he is internationally accepted as one of the world's greatest thinkers and is often considered the father of existentialism.Here, Peter Vardy makes Kierkegaard's often complex and difficult thinking accessible to a wide audience. He sketches a few of the central themes of Kierkegaard's thought and gives the reader a feeling for the way he approaches problems and some sense of the breadth of his work. This revised and expanded edition is an ideal introduction to Kierkegaard for both students and the general reader.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-281-06570-7 (9780281065707)
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Peter Vardy
The SPCK Introduction to Kierkegaard
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09/2008
SPCK Publishing
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Person
Dr. Peter Vardy is Vice Principal of Heythrop College, London. He is the author of the bestselling books The Puzzle of God, The Puzzle of Ethics (Harper Collins), Being Human (DLT) and The Thinkers Guide to Evil and The Thinkers Guide to God (John Hunt).
Content
- Intro
- About the author
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Kierkegaard's life
- 2. Faith and reason
- 3. The nature of truth
- 4. The aesthetic stage
- 5. The ethical stage
- 6. The religious stage
- 7. Ethics and the relationship to God
- 8. The truth of the God-relationship
- 9. Works of love
- 10. Inter-religious dialogue
- 11. Kierkegaard and the Church
- Further reading
- Search items
