Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self: Collected Essays (Provost Series)

Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self represents a rich collection of studies that allow S?¶ren Kierkegaard to speak directly to the questions of contemporary readers. Evans analyzes Kierkegaard as a philosopher, his perspectives on faith, reason, and epistemology, his ethics, and Kierkegaard's view of the self. Evans makes a strong case that Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the philosophical world as a Christian believer. Introduction Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker Kiekegaard the philosopher Realism and antirealism in Kierkegaard's concluding Unscientific postscript Kant and Kierkegaard on the possibility of metaphysics The role of irony in Kierkegaard's philosophical fragments Kierkegaard's view of humor : must Christians always be solemn? Misusing religious language : something about Kierkegaard and the myth of God incarnate Kierkegaard on faith, reason, and reformed epistemology Is Kierkegaard an irrationalist? : reason, paradox, and faith Apologetic arguments in philosophical fragments The relevance of historical evidence for Christian faith : a critique of a Kierkegaardian view Kierkegaard and Plantinga on belief in God : subjectivity as the ground of properly basic religious beliefs Externalist epistemology, subjectivity, and Christian knowledge : Plantinga and Kierkegaard Kierkegaard on ethics and authority Faith as the telos of morality : a reading of fear and trembling A Kierkegaardian view of the foundations of morality Kierkegaard on religious authority : the problem of the criterion Kierkegaard on the self : philosophical psychology Who is the other in the sickness unto death? : God and human relations in the constitution of the self Where there's a will there's a way : Kierkegaard's view of the unconscious Does Kierkegaard think beliefs can be directly willed? Theory of action Conclusion Where can Kierkegaard take us? "Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self represents a rich collection of studies that allow Søren Kierkegaard to speak directly to the questions of contemporary readers. Evans analyzes Kierkegaard as a philosopher, his perspectives on faith, reason, and epistemology, ethics, and his view of the self. Evans makes a strong case that Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the philosophical world as a Christian believer." --Amazon.ca
Kierkegaard on Faith and the Self represents a rich collection of studies that allow SÃ ̧ren Kierkegaard to speak directly to the questions of contemporary readers. Evans analyzes Kierkegaard as a philosopher, his perspectives on faith, reason, and epistemology, ethics, and his view of the self. Evans makes a strong case that Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the philosophical world as a Christian believer.