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Westphal, Merold.

Kierkegaard's concept of faith / Merold Westphal. - 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) - Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker . - Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Johannes de Silentio. Faith as the task of a lifetime -- Faith as trust in divine promises -- Faith as obedience to divine commands -- Interlude : three questions in medias res -- Faith as the teleological suspension of reason -- Faith as the highest passion -- Part 2. Johannes Climacus. Faith as the reception of revelation -- Faith as the happy passion that overcomes offense -- Faith as the passionate appropriation of an objective uncertainty -- Faith as a leap and a striving -- Faith as a striving pathos that goes against reason -- Part 3. Anti-Climacus. Faith as willing to be oneself : before God -- Faith as contemporaneity with Christ : without offense.

ISBN: 9781467442299 1467442291

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Faith.
Faith.
Glaube.
Religionsphilosophie.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX4827.K5 / W47 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 234/.23