T&T Clark Companion to the Theology of Kierkegaard

by Bloomsbury Publishing

Overview

This companion explores Søren Kierkegaard's theological importance, offering a comprehensive reading of his work through a distinctly theological lens, including interpretative concerns, his approach to specific doctrines, and theological trajectories for thinking beyond his work.

Beginning with essays on key interpretative factors involved in approaching Kierkegaard's complex corpus, there are also historical accounts of his theological development, followed by – for the first time in a single volume – focused expositions of Kierkegaard's approach to particular doctrinal themes, from those oft-discussed in his work (e.g. Christology) to those more understated (e.g. Pneumatology). The book concludes with theological trajectories for Kierkegaard's thought in the twenty-first century. This volume helps not only to situate Kierkegaard's theology more firmly on the map, but to situate Kierkegaard more firmly on the theological map, as one who has much to offer both the form and content of the theological task.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567667083
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/19/2019
Series:	T&T Clark Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	552
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Aaron P. Edwards is Lecturer in Theology, Preaching, and Mission at Cliff College, Derbyshire, UK. Before this, he was a Teaching Fellow in Divinity at the University of Aberdeen, lecturing on religion, politics, and cultural crisis. He is widely published in various areas of theology, philosophy, and missiology in numerous academic journals, particularly on the thought of Kierkegaard and the theology of preaching. He also has research interests in the thought of Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Reformers, and the Great Awakeners, and has spoken at numerous academic conferences in Chicago, Durham, Edinburgh, London, Birmingham, Baltimore, and Copenhagen, and others. He is the author of A Theology of Preaching and Dialectic: Scriptural Tension, Heraldic Proclamation, and the Pneumatological Moment (London: T&T Clark, 2018).

David J. Gouwens is Professor of Theology (Emeritus) at Brite Divinity School, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard's Dialectic of the Imagination (1989), Kierkegaard as Religious Thinker (1996), and co-editor of The Paul L. Holmer Papers, 3 vols. (2012). He served as President of The Søren Kierkegaard Society of North America and most recently as Co-Chair of the Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion.



Aaron Edwards is Lecturer in Theology, Preaching and Mission, Cliff College, UK.
David J. Gouwens is Professor of Theology, Brite Divinity School, USA.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Prologue: The Concept of Kierkegaard Companions (with Constant Reference to Theology) - Aaron P. Edwards, Cliff College, UK
Part I Preliminary Interpretative Issues
2. Kierkegaard on Communication: Refusing to 'Piddle' - Kyle Roberts, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, USA
3. Kierkegaard on Language: Peril and Promise - Randall C. Zachman, University of Notre Dame, USA
4. Kierkegaard on Doctrine: The Grammar of Christian Pathos -Lee C. Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA
5. Kierkegaard on the Church: Between Rejection and Redemption - Matthew D. Kirkpatrick, University of Oxford, UK
Part II Kierkegaard's Theological Biography
6. Kierkegaard the Theology Student - George Pattison, University of Glasgow, UK
7. Kierkegaard the Reader of Scripture - Joel D. S. Rasmussen, University of Oxford, UK
8. Kierkegaard the Preacher - Aaron P. Edwards, Cliff College, UK
9. Kierkegaard's Theological Legacy - Lee C. Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA
Part III Key Doctrinal Themes
10. Trinity: A Concept Ubiquitous Yet Unthematized - Paul Martens, Baylor University, USA
11. The Divine Attributes: Kierkegaard's Broodings on the Godhead - Joel D. S. Rasmussen, University of Oxford, UK
12. Providence: Right In Front of Our Noses? - Nathan Paylor, Cliff College, UK
13. Creation: By, For, and Before God - Andrew Torrance, University of St Andrews, UK
14. Theological Anthropology: Spirit as the Self 'Before' and 'Resting in' God - Simon D. Podmore, Liverpool Hope University, UK
15. Sin: Leaping and Sliding and Mysteries Pointing to Mysteries - Jason A. Mahn, Augustana College, USA
16. Revelation: What Forms of Authority, and to Whom? - Tomas Bokedal, University of Aberdeen, UK
17. Christology: Ecce Homo! - Sylvia Walsh, Stetson University, USA
18. Justification: 'The Article by Which the Church Stands or Falls'? - David J. Gouwens, Brite Divinity School, USA
19. Sanctification: Kierkegaard and the Journey Toward Rest - Christopher B. Barnett, Villanova University, USA
20. The Holy Spirit: Kierkegaard's Understated Pneumatology - Murray Rae, University of Otago, New Zealand
21. Faith: The Infinite Task of Passionate Belief - Matthew F. Wilson, Harvard University, USA and C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University, USA
22. The Christian Life: A Humble Striving Born of Gratitude - Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK
23. Love: A Holy Caprice - Amy Laura Hall, Duke University Divinity School, USA
24. Eschatology: 'And Eternally Speak with My Jesus' - Andrew J. Burgess, University of New Mexico, USA
Part IV Theological Trajectories
25. Kierkegaard, Theology, and the Academy - Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University, USA
26. Kierkegaard, Theology, and the Information Society - Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK
27. Kierkegaard, Theology, and Literary Media - Eric Ziolkowski, Lafayette College, USA
28. Kierkegaard, Theology, and Post-Christendom - Merold Westphal, Fordham University, USA
29. Epilogue: A Kind of Theologian - David J. Gouwens, Brite Divinity School, USA
Index