Kierkegaard as Religious Thinker [Hardcover]

A concise and critical overview of Kierkegaard's religious and theological thinking as a whole.prcusing on human nature, Christ, and Christian discipleship, this text discusses Kierkegaard's main concerns as a religious thinker, and his treatment of becoming Christian. It counters the customary interpretation of his religious thought as privatistic and asocial.prcusing on human nature, Christ, and Christian discipleship, this text discusses Kierkegaard's main concerns as a religious thinker, and his treatment of becoming Christian. It counters the customary interpretation of his religious thought as privatistic and asocial.Making innovative use of Kierkegaard's religious and philosophical works, David Gouwens explores his religious and theological thought, focusing on human nature, Christ, and Christian discipleship. He discusses Kierkegaard's main concerns as a religious thinker, and his treatment of becoming Christian, and counters the customary interpretation of his religious thought as privatistic and asocial. Kierkegaard's ideas are seen to anticipate the end of modernity, while standing at the center of the Christian tradition.Introduction; 1. Diseases of reflection; 2. Anthropological reflection; 3. Becoming religious: upbuilding before God; 4. Becoming Christian I: responding to Christ in faith; 5. Becoming Christian II: suffering and following Christ in hope; 6. Becoming Christian III: love and imitating Christ in works; 7. Witness in faith, hope, and love; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. Writing gracefully and graciously, he [Gouwens] gives us a splendid account of what is sometimes called Religiousness C, Kierkegaard's account of becoming a Christian once he gets beyond his polemic with Plato, Lessing, and Hegel. Theological Studies David Gouwens has written a careful, comprehensive account of Kierkegaard's self-assesment....Gouwen's writes as a theologian and writes about Kierkegaard as a theologian, and his book is to my mind the best workl£?