Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence [Paperback]

Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence challenges the standard view that Kierkegaard's God is infinitely other than the world. It argues that his work immerses us in the paradoxical nature of existence itself, and opposes any flight into another world.

Introduction
1. Kierkegaard and the Limit of Analogy
2. Distinctions: Marks of the Paradox
3. The Paradox is Not One: Transfiguring Transcendence
4. Monstrance: Articulating the Paradox
5. Silhouettes: Figuring the Immanent Paradox
6. Satan's Angel: The Interruption of the Demonic
7. Kierkegaard, Spinoza and the Intellectual Love of God
Conclusion: Theology for Creatures

This is the latest addition to the Radical Theologies series, which is dedicated to redefining the very terms of theology as a concept and practice. & Shakespeare offers us a more demanding but positive insight into how such an iconic theologian can be creatively filtered through the prism of radical theology. (Dr. John Saxbee, Church Times, June, 2016)

Steven Shakespeare is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Liverpool Hope University, UKChallenges the standard view that Kierkegaard's God is infinitely other than the world.
Steven Shakespeare is one of the rising stars in the new generation of theologians who are intent on integrating theology with the world and getting the world to listen to the voice of theology. This book is an eloquent, meticulously document, well-argued reading of Kierkegaard as a theologian espousing the transformló˜