Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAll in all, the editors of this volume have put together a thoughtful and sometimes provocative collection of essays by a number of Kierkegaard scholars and philosophers for the reader's consideration. . . .The volume undoubtedly makes a contribution to contemporary philosophical debates in the philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and epistemology, especially with regard to the importance of faith and love for leading a good and meaningful human life.
* International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *
Recommended.
* Choice *
This is an engaging and insightful volume of articles.
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Table of ContentsAbbreviations for Books by Kierkegaard
Introduction
Part One: Faith and Love
1. Love as the End of Human Existence / Sharon Krishek
2. Love Is the Highest Good / Michael Strawser
3. Erotic Wisdom: On God, Passion, Faith, and Falling in Love / Pia Søltoft
4. The Integration of Neighbor-Love and Special Loves in Kierkegaard and von Hildebrand / John J. Davenport
5. Kierkegaard, Weil, and Agapic Moral Fideism / Mark A. Tietjen
Part Two: Moral Psychology and Ethical Existence
6. Kierkegaard's Virtues? Humility and Gratitude as the Grounds of Contentment, Patience, and Hope in Kierkegaard's Moral Psychology / John Lippitt
7. The Heart of Knowledge: Kierkegaard on Passion and Understanding / Rick Anthony Furtak
8. From Hegel to Google: Kierkegaard and the Perils of "the System" / Christopher B. Barnett
9. An Ethics for Adults? Kierkegaard and the Ambiguity of Exaltation / Stephen Minister
Part Three: Existence Before God
10. Difficult Faith and Living Well / Edward F. Mooney
11. Kierkegaard and the Early Church on Christian Knowledge and Its Existential Implications / M.G. Piety
12. Thunderstruck: Divine Irony in Kierkegaard's Job / Grant Julin
13. Kierkegaard and Pentecostal Philosophy / J. Aaron Simmons
Bibliography
Index
