The abased Christ : a new reading of Kierkegaard's "Practice in Christianity" / Thomas J. Millay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millay, Thomas J., author.

Series:

Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph

Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph ; v.46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Suffering.

Suffering--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

The Abased Christ is the first monograph to be devoted exclusively to Søren Kierkegaard’s Christological masterpiece, Practice in Christianity. Alongside an argument for a new translation of the work’s title, it offers detailed textual commentary on a series of themes in Practice in Christianity, such as the person of Christ, contemporaneity, imitation, and Kierkegaard’s philosophy of history. Anti-Climacus, the pseudonymous author of Practice in Christianity, presents to his readers a uniquely challenging understanding of who Christ is and what it means to follow him. The Christ of Anti-Climacus is not the glorious Christ who abides with the Father in heaven, but the abased Christ who is poor, marginal, offensive, and persecuted. Throughout Practice in Christianity, we are called not only to perceive the abased Christ, but to follow after him. The Abased Christ aims to enrich historical theologians’ appreciation of Kierkegaard’s Christology. However, it concludes by grappling with questions of power, agency, and sacrifice which have been at the forefront of contemporary theology in the 20th and 21st centuries, thereby suggesting how we might make sense of Kierkegaard’s Christology today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Preface

Chapter One: Preliminary Matters: Context, Title, Structure, Author

Chapter Two: Abasement

Chapter Three: Contemporaneity

Chapter Four: Imitation

Chapter Five: Kierkegaard and Womanist Theology

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-098946-8