Kierkegaard's God and the Good Life [Hardcover]

Kierkegaard's God and the Good Lifefocuses on faith and love, two central topics in Kierkegaard's writings, to grapple with complex questions at the intersection of religion and ethics. Here, leading scholars reflect on Kierkegaard's understanding of God, the religious life, and what it means to exist ethically. The contributors then shift to psychology, hope, knowledge, and the emotions as they offer critical and constructive readings for contemporary philosophical debates in the philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and epistemology. Together, they show how Kierkegaard continues to be an important resource for understandings of religious existence, public discourse, social life, and how to live virtuously.

Stephen Minister is Clara Lea Olsen Professor of Ethical Values and associate professor of philosophy at Augustana University in South Dakota. He is the author ofDe-Facing the Other: Reason, Ethics, and Politics after Difference.

J. Aaron Simmons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, SC. He is author ofGod and the Other: Ethics and Politics After the Theological Turnand author (with Bruce Ellis Benson) ofThe New Phenomenology: A Philosophical Introduction.

Michael Strawser is Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida. He is author ofBoth/And: Reading Kierkegaard from Irony to EdificationandKierkegaard and the Philosophy of Love.

All in all, the editors of this volume have put together a thoughtful and sometimes provocative collection of essays by a number of Kierkegaard scholars and philosophers for the reader's consideration. . . .The volume undoubtedly makes a contribution to contemporary philosophical debates in the philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and epistemology, especially with regard to the importance of faith and love for leading a good and meaningful human life.

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