Following the Cultured Public's Chosen One: Why Martensen Mattered to Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard never shared the cultured public's enthusiasm for Hans Lassen Martensen, whom it identified as its chosen one. This volume examines the Kierkegaard-Martensen relationship, establishing ways in which the speculative theologian Martensen was a source for Kierkegaard's thought. Kierkegaard's relationship with Martensen was multidimensional and volatile. He functioned as Kierkegaard's personal acquaintance and occasional conversation partner, tutor, teacher, dissertation commi...