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Kierkegaard

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Kierkegaard
S?ren Aabye . 1813--55, Danish philosopher and theologian. He rejected organized Christianity and anticipated the existentialists in emphasizing man's moral responsibility and freedom of choice. His works include Either/Or (1843), The Concept of Dread (1844), and The Sickness unto Death (1849)


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When you read God's Word," Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote, "you must constantly be saying to yourself, 'It is talking to me, and about me.
Reading Kierkegaard as both a physician and a patient of this struggle, therefore, this article examines The Sickness unto Death (1849) as an attempt to resolve the sinful 'self by integrating a psychological perspective on despair with a theology of the forgiveness of sins.
The selected Christian commentators range from Irenaeus, Origen of Alexandria, and Augustine of Hippo, to Soren Kierkegaard, Thomas Merton, and Madeleine L'Engle.
 
 
 
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