Kierkegaard's living-room : the relation between faith and history in Philosophical fragments / David E. Mercer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercer, David Emery, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy--History--19th century.

History.

Christianity--Philosophy--History--19th century.

Christianity.

Kierkegaard, Sren, 1813-1855. Philosophiske smuler.

Kierkegaard, Sren.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

He shows us that Kierkegaard's expressed intent is to provide readers with the opportunity to choose or reject Christ. He explores the question of who Kierkegaard understands Jesus to be and why he believes that faith or history alone cannot answer this question, claiming that history is meaningful only when it is understood from the perspective of "sacred history." Kierkegaard's Livingroom explores what "sacred history" is, why it is so important to us, and why it depends on an incarnate God. Mercer argues that Kierkegaard is not tilting at windmills but responding to Hegel's view of history and Kant's view of faith, showing that Kierkegaard has much to contribute to the debates on liberalism and post-modernism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Elephant in the Living-Room

The Preliminary Discussion of History and Its Structure in Either/Or

The Poetic Study of the Temporal and the Eternal in Philosophical Fragments

The Puzzle of the Absolute Paradox

The Condition of the Follower

The Role of the Necessary in the Past and the Future

The One Who Comes after the Event

Sacred History

Kierkegaard’s Place in the Current Debate

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85891-2

9786612858918

0-7735-6874-3

OCLC:

181843395