Kierkegaard and the Theology of the Nineteenth Century - The Paradox and the 'Point of Contact''

Informationen zum Autor George Pattison is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. His publications include God and Being; An Enquiry (2011); Crucifixions and Resurrections of the Image (2009) and Kierkegaard, Religion and the Nineteenth Century Crisis of Culture (Cambridge, 2002). He is editor and translator of Kierkegaard's Spiritual Writings (2010). Klappentext This book situates Kierkegaard in the nineteenth-century debates which influenced him and discusses his relevance to contemporary Christian theology. Zusammenfassung This book shows Kierkegaard's relation to nineteenth-century theology and philosophy of religion! including to Schleiermacher! Hegel and Hegelianism! debates about the Christian communication and the Church! as well as to twentieth-century debates about secular faith. It draws on his early journals as well as his purely religious writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis References to Kierkegaard's works; Introduction; 1. Beginning with the beginning of modern theology; 2. Speculative theology; 3. David Friedrich Strauss; 4. Immanence and transcendence; 5. Out there with the lilies and the birds; 6. Sin; 7. Redemption; 8. Proclaiming the Word; 9. Christianity after the Church; 10. Kierkegaard's hands; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: George Pattison, Professor George Pattison
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107018617
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01861-7
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theology, Christianity, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought