Ethics, Love, and Faith in Kierkegaard: Philosophical Engagements

by Edward F. Mooney (Editor)

Overview

Ethics, Love, and Faith in Kierkegaard collects essays from 13 leading scholars that center on key themes that characterize Kierkegaard's philosophy of religion. With their unique focus on notions of the self, views on the command to love one's neighbor, thoughts on melancholy and despair, and the articulation of religious vision, the essays in this volume cover the breadth and depth of Kierkegaard's philosophical and religious writings. Poised at the intersection of Kierkegaard's moral psychology and its religious significance, they offer vivid testimony to the ongoing power of his unique and fervent religious spirit. Students and scholars alike will find new light shed on questions that define Kierkegaard's philosophy and religion today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253219954
Publisher:	Indiana University Press (Ips)
Publication date:	07/17/2008
Series:	Philosophy of Religion
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Edward F. Mooney is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Syracuse University. He is author of On Søren Kierkegaard: Dialogue, Polemic, Lost Intimacy, and Time and Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-Religion Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: A Socratic and Christian Care for the Self
Part 1. Commitment, Personality, and Identity
1. Kierkegaard on the SelfHubert L. Dreyfus
2. Affectation, or the Invention of the Self: A Modern DisorderBruce H. Kirmmse
3. Postscript Ethics: Putting Personality on StageEdward F. Mooney
4. Kierkegaard on Commitment, Personality, and IdentityAlastair Hannay
Part 2. Natural and Commanded Love
5. Love and the Discipline of PhilosophyRick Anthony Furtak
6. Kierkegaard and Ethical TheoryRobert C. Roberts
7. "The Problematic Agapeistic Ideal—Again"M. Jamie Ferreira
8. Kierkegaard on Natural and Commanded LoveAlastair Hannay
Part 3. Melancholy and Despair
9. Despair and DepressionGordon Marino
10. Spleen Essentially Canceled—yet a Little Spleen RetainedN. J. Cappelorn, translated by K. Brian Söderquist
11. Kierkegaard on Melancholy and DespairAlastair Hannay
Part 4. Trust, Faith, and Reason
12. Philosophy and Dogma: The Testimony of an Upbuilding DiscourseGeorge Pattison
13. The Dangers of Indirection: Plato, Kierkegaard, and Leo StraussM. G. Piety
14. Abraham's Final WordDaniel W. Conway
15. Faith as Eschatological Trust in Fear and TremblingJohn J. Davenport
16. Silence and Entering the Circle of FaithAlastair Hannay
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

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Fordham University - Merold Westphal

A very fine set of Kierkegaard scholars address important issues in his thought.

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"A very fine set of Kierkegaard scholars address important issues in his thought."—Merold Westphal, Fordham University

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"A very fine set of Kierkegaard scholars address important issues in his thought." —Merold Westphal, Fordham University

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