Kierkegaard and the temptation of spiritual trial Podmore, Simon D. 1977- creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (286 pages) Invoking the biblical motif of Jacob's struggle with the Face of God (Genesis 32), Simon D. Podmore undertakes a constructive theological account of 'spiritual trial' (tentatio; known in German mystical and Lutheran tradition as Anfechtung) in relation to enduring questions of the otherness and hiddenness of God and the self, the problem of suffering and evil, the freedom of Spirit, and the anxious relationship between temptation and ordeal, fear and desire. This book traces a genealogy of spiritual trial from medieval German mystical theology, through Lutheran and Pietistic thought (Tauler; L. Struggling with God : towards a Kierkegaardian theology of spiritual trial -- The secret struggle : lost in translation -- The old devotional books : Anfechtung in Tauler and the Theologia Deutsch -- Melancholia coram Deo : Luther's theology of Anfechtung -- God's fire in the soul : Anfechtung in Arndt and Boehme -- Before God in secret : spiritual trial and temptation in Kierkegaard I -- The God-forsaken God : spiritual trial and temptation in Kierkegaard II -- The desire of spirit : restlessness and the transparency of rest -- The temptation of spiritual trial. Simon D. Podmore. Includes bibliographical references. Christianity Philosophy Philosophy and religion RELIGION Philosophy Existentialism Philosophy and religion Theology Religion RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Warfare B4378.R44 P63eb 210 Podmore, Simon D., 1977- author. (OCoLC)824725044 9780227902103 0227902106 539777 MIL 22573/ctt1cg7kjv JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=813487 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=813487 TR7RH 111102 20200709060152.0 ocn899045267 eng