Kierkegaard and the self before God : anatomy of the abyss
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Kierkegaard and the self before God : anatomy of the abyss
（Indiana series in the philosophy of religion）
Indiana University Press, c2011
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Simon D. Podmore claims that becoming a self before God is both a divine gift and an anxious obligation. Before we can know God, or ourselves, we must come to a moment of recognition. How this comes to be, as well as the terms of such acknowledgment, are worked out in Podmore's powerful new reading of Kierkegaard. As he gives full consideration to Kierkegaard's writings, Podmore explores themes such as despair, anxiety, melancholy, and spiritual trial, and how they are broken by the triumph of faith, forgiveness, and the love of God. He confronts the abyss between the self and the divine in order to understand how we can come to know ourselves in relation to a God who is apparently so wholly Other.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Anatomy of the Abyss
2. The Inner Abyss
3. The Abyss of Melancholy
4. The Melancholy Theophany
5. The Allegory of Yisrael
6. The Anatomy of Spiritual Trial
7. The Gaze of the Abyss
8. Conclusions: The (Im)possible and the (Un)forgivable
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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