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.

About the Author:
Edward F. Mooney is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Syracuse University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253000439
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	07/17/2008
Series:	Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	498 KB

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     vii
Introduction: A Socratic and Christian Care for the Self   Edward F. Mooney     1
Commitment, Personality, and Identity
Kierkegaard on the Self   Hubert L. Dreyfus     11
Affectation, or the Invention of the Self: A Modern Disorder   Bruce H. Kirmmse     24
Postscript Ethics: Putting Personality on Stage   Edward F. Mooney     39
Kierkegaard on Commitment, Personality, and Identity   Alastair Hannay     48
Natural and Commanded Love
Love and the Discipline of Philosophy   Rick Anthony Furtak     59
Kierkegaard and Ethical Theory   Robert C. Roberts     72
"The Problematic Agapeistic Ideal-Again"   M. Jamie Ferreira     93
Kierkegaard on Natural and Commanded Love   Alastair Hannay     111
Melancholy and Despair
Despair and Depression   Gordon Marino     121
Spleen Essentially Canceled-yet a Little Spleen Retained   N. J. Cappelorn$dtranslated by K. Brian Soderquist     129
Kierkegaard on Melancholy and Despair   Alastair Hannay     147
Trust, Faith, and Reason
Philosophy and Dogma: The Testimony of an Upbuilding Discourse   George Pattison     155
The Dangers of Indirection: Plato,Kierkegaard, and Leo Strauss   M. G. Piety     163
Abraham's Final Word   Daniel W. Conway     175
Faith as Eschatological Trust in Fear and Trembling   John J. Davenport     196
Silence and Entering the Circle of Faith   Alastair Hannay     234
Notes     245
Bibliography     275
List of Contributors     285
Index     287

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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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