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Written by an international team of contributors, this book offers a fresh set of interpretations of Fear and Trembling, which remains Kierkegaard's most influential and popular book. The chapters provide incisive accounts of the psychological and epistemological presuppositions of Fear and Trembling; of religious experience and the existential dimension of faith; of Kierkegaard's understanding of the relationship between faith and knowledge; of the purported and real conflicts between ethics and religion; of Kierkegaard's interpretation of the value of hope, trust, love and other virtues; of Kierkegaard's debts to German idealism and Protestant theology; and of his seminal contributions to the fields of psychology, existential phenomenology and literary theory. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of Kierkegaard studies, the history of philosophy, theology and religious studies.
Presents a fresh set of interpretations of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Takes a wide-ranging look at Fear and Trembling in its entirety, providing a platform for Kierkegaard scholars from multiple traditions and approaches
Offers a balanced treatment of Kierkegaard's arguments and their context
Introduction Daniel Conway
1. Homing in on Fear and Trembling Alastair Hannay13. Why Moriah?: weaning and the trauma of transcendence in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling Vanessa Rumble.
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Written by an international team of contributors, this book offers a fresh set of interpretations of Fear and Trembling, which remains Kierkegaard's most influential and popular book. The chapters provide incisive accounts of the psychological and epistemological presuppositions of Fear and Trembling; of religious experience and the existential dimension of faith; of Kierkegaard's understanding of the relationship between faith and knowledge; of the purported and real conflicts between ethics and religion; of Kierkegaard's interpretation of the value of hope, trust, love and other virtues; of Kierkegaard's debts to German idealism and Protestant theology; and of his seminal contributions to the fields of psychology, existential phenomenology and literary theory. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of Kierkegaard studies, the history of philosophy, theology and religious studies.
Presents a fresh set of interpretations of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Takes a wide-ranging look at Fear and Trembling in its entirety, providing a platform for Kierkegaard scholars from multiple traditions and approaches
Offers a balanced treatment of Kierkegaard's arguments and their context