Ethics, love, and faith in Kierkegaard : philosophical engagements / edited by Edward F. Mooney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mooney, Edward F., 1941-

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Kierkegaard, Søren.

Physical Description:

vi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Ethics, Love, and Faith in Kierkegaard collects essays from 13 leading scholars that center on key themes that characterize Kierkegaard's philosophy of religion. With their unique focus on notions of the self, views on the command to love one's neighbor, thoughts on melancholy and despair, and the articulation of religious vision, the essays in this volume cover the breadth and depth of Kierkegaard's philosophical and religious writings. Poised at the intersection of Kierkegaard's moral psychology and its religious significance, they offer vivid testimony to the ongoing power of his unique and fervent religious spirit. Students and scholars alike will find new light shed on questions that define Kierkegaard's philosophy and religion today.

Contents:

Introduction: A Socratic and Christian care for the self / Edward F. Mooney

Commitment, personality, and identity

Kierkegaard on the self / Hubert L. Dreyfus

Affectation, or the invention of the self : a modern disorder / Bruce H. Kirmmse

Postscript ethics : putting personality on stage / Edward F. Mooney

Kierkegaard on commitment, personality, and identity / Alastair Hannay

Natural and commanded love

Love and the discipline of philosophy / Rick Anthony Furtak

Kierkegaard and ethical theory / Robert C. Roberts

"The problematic agapeistic ideal

again" / M. Jamie Ferreira

Kierkegaard on natural and commanded love / Alastair Hannay

Melancholy and despair

Despair and depression / Gordon Marino

Spleen essentially canceled

yet a little spleen retained / N.J. Cappel ; translated by K. Brian Söderquist

Kierkegaard on melancholy and despair / Alastair Hannay

Trust, faith, and reason

Philosophy and dogma : the testimony of an upbuilding discourse / George Pattison

The dangers of indirection : Plato, Kierkegaard, and Leo Strauss / M.G. Piety

Abraham's final word / Daniel W. Conway

Faith as eschatological trust in Fear and trembling / John J. Davenport

Silence and entering the circle of faith / Alastair Hannay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-283) and index.

ISBN:

9780253351418

0253351413

9780253219954

0253219957

OCLC:

177008418