From Despair To Faith
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Contents:
Preface
1. Kierkegaard As Spiritual Writer
2. Kierkegaard On God, Self, And The Spiritual Journey
3. Kierkegaard And The Aesthetics Of The Icon
4. Icons Of Faith: The Natural World
5. Icons Of Faith: The Bible
Bibliography
Index
Additional Info
Sren Kierkegaard has been called many things, from brooding genius and “melancholy Dane” to the father of existentialism. Yet, rather than clarify the nature of Kierkegaard’s writings, such labels have often obscured other important aspects of his authorship. Such, indeed, is the case with Kierkegaard’s standing as a spiritual author.
In From Despair to Faith: The Spirituality of Sren Kierkegaard, Christopher B. Barnett endeavors to remedy this problem. He does so in two overarching ways. First, he orients the reader to Kierkegaard’s grounding in the Christian spiritual tradition, as well as to the Dane’s own authorial stress on themes such as upbuilding, spiritual journey, and faith. Second, Barnett maintains that Kierkegaard’s spirituality is best understood through the various “pictures” that populate his authorship. These pictures are deemed “icons of faith,” since Kierkegaard consistently recommends that the reader contemplate them. In this way, they both represent and communicate what Kierkegaard sees as the fulfillment of Christian existence.
In the end, then, From Despair to Faith not only offers a new way of approaching Kierkegaard’s writings, but also shows how they might serve to illuminate and to deepen one’s relationship with the divine.
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SKU (ISBN): 9781451474695
ISBN10: 1451474695
Christopher Barnett
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: August 2014
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media
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